Opening balance: $113.04
Buy in : $10+10 (2 tables)
No. of hands : 60
Left with : $13.60 + 11.17
Closing balance : $117.81
Running total: +$21.71/1986
+217ptbb/1986
Very short session. Thoroughly boring, but I played solidly for all of the 30 minutes I was sat down. I wanted to get to 2K but I have no more time right now. I'll do it tomorrow.
Thursday, May 31, 2007
.05/.10 NLH LH 31/5/07
Opening balance: $108.08
Buy in : $10+10+10 (3 tables)
No. of hands : 145
Left with : $17.33 + 8.98 + 8.65
Closing balance : $113.04
Running total: +$16.94/1926
+169ptbb/1926
3 tables total, only two at a time, though. The first table broke up once the shorties were all gone, leaving me with $17.33 even after running my queens into kings (interesting hand. The flop had an Ace on it, so I checked it down and called his small turn and river value bets. It's the kind of hand that I would've advised someone to either bet or get out, but I was too busy worrying about the Ace beating me to think that the other guy might be thinking the same thing. Although in my defence, pocket kings was the only thing I was losing to that I could fold out, except a scared small ace).
The other two tables never got moving. I picked up aces three times and got no substantial action (two fold-arounds and one caller who folded on the flop). Did lose an all-in with KQs against KK (who told the shortstacks they were allowed good hands?) but generally not very interesting.
Keep on grinding!
Buy in : $10+10+10 (3 tables)
No. of hands : 145
Left with : $17.33 + 8.98 + 8.65
Closing balance : $113.04
Running total: +$16.94/1926
+169ptbb/1926
3 tables total, only two at a time, though. The first table broke up once the shorties were all gone, leaving me with $17.33 even after running my queens into kings (interesting hand. The flop had an Ace on it, so I checked it down and called his small turn and river value bets. It's the kind of hand that I would've advised someone to either bet or get out, but I was too busy worrying about the Ace beating me to think that the other guy might be thinking the same thing. Although in my defence, pocket kings was the only thing I was losing to that I could fold out, except a scared small ace).
The other two tables never got moving. I picked up aces three times and got no substantial action (two fold-arounds and one caller who folded on the flop). Did lose an all-in with KQs against KK (who told the shortstacks they were allowed good hands?) but generally not very interesting.
Keep on grinding!
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
.05/.10 NLH LH 30/5/07 (2)
Opening balance: $97.47
Buy in : $10+10 (2 tables)
No. of hands : 116
Left with : $24.05 + 6.56
Closing balance : $108.08
Running total: +$11.98/1781
+120ptbb/1781
Same old story. One table sucks, one table is good. At least this time the good table was very good. Mostly because of the cards, but the players were crap. This was by far the worst, but the rest were fairly dire.
Seat 8: Barbariga ( $5.61 USD )
Seat 3: YagaS ( $18.82 USD )
YagaS posts small blind [$0.05 USD].
Tasmik posts big blind [$0.10 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ Ah Ad ]
3 folds
Barbariga calls [$0.10 USD]
fredomat raises [$0.20 USD]
2 folds
petaba calls [$0.20 USD]
YagaS raises [$1.95 USD]
1 fold
petaba: i can't get you
Barbariga calls [$1.90 USD]
2 folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2d, 8s, 5d ]
YagaS bets [$3.61 USD]
Barbariga is all-In [$3.61 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6d ]
** Dealing River ** [ 6s ]
YagaS shows [ Ah, Ad ]two pairs, Aces and Sixes.
Barbariga doesn't show [ Ac, Kd ]a pair of Sixes.
YagaS wins $11.14 USD from the main pot with two pairs, Aces and Sixes.
Sometimes I play badly, but at least I'll always be better than that. (The "i can't get you" line is to me. petabe kept aiming at me and I kept squirming away, or picking something up on the river. Luck is always handy)
I think the thing I need to work on most is losing the least possible in bad situations. That seems to be more important than learning to extract a little extra value on big hands, as poor hands come along more often.
Buy in : $10+10 (2 tables)
No. of hands : 116
Left with : $24.05 + 6.56
Closing balance : $108.08
Running total: +$11.98/1781
+120ptbb/1781
Same old story. One table sucks, one table is good. At least this time the good table was very good. Mostly because of the cards, but the players were crap. This was by far the worst, but the rest were fairly dire.
Seat 8: Barbariga ( $5.61 USD )
Seat 3: YagaS ( $18.82 USD )
YagaS posts small blind [$0.05 USD].
Tasmik posts big blind [$0.10 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ Ah Ad ]
3 folds
Barbariga calls [$0.10 USD]
fredomat raises [$0.20 USD]
2 folds
petaba calls [$0.20 USD]
YagaS raises [$1.95 USD]
1 fold
petaba: i can't get you
Barbariga calls [$1.90 USD]
2 folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2d, 8s, 5d ]
YagaS bets [$3.61 USD]
Barbariga is all-In [$3.61 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6d ]
** Dealing River ** [ 6s ]
YagaS shows [ Ah, Ad ]two pairs, Aces and Sixes.
Barbariga doesn't show [ Ac, Kd ]a pair of Sixes.
YagaS wins $11.14 USD from the main pot with two pairs, Aces and Sixes.
Sometimes I play badly, but at least I'll always be better than that. (The "i can't get you" line is to me. petabe kept aiming at me and I kept squirming away, or picking something up on the river. Luck is always handy)
I think the thing I need to work on most is losing the least possible in bad situations. That seems to be more important than learning to extract a little extra value on big hands, as poor hands come along more often.
$1500 Players Club Freeroll 30/5/07
Opening balance: $97.47
Buy-in: $0
Runners: 505
Placed: 293
Amount won: $0
Closing balance: $97.47
These things are decent value (250PP would translate to $2.50, so I'm getting a ticket worth about $3 for that amount). The players are typically no better than at the $10+1 level, but I haven't managed a cash yet in the few I've played.
Tonight was no exception. I played my best, just got outdrawn by some donkey (he reraised me all in on a rainbow 567 board. I called with TT and he spiked a K to help his K9). I wanted to call him a tosser, but party has no observer chat.
Tossers.
Buy-in: $0
Runners: 505
Placed: 293
Amount won: $0
Closing balance: $97.47
These things are decent value (250PP would translate to $2.50, so I'm getting a ticket worth about $3 for that amount). The players are typically no better than at the $10+1 level, but I haven't managed a cash yet in the few I've played.
Tonight was no exception. I played my best, just got outdrawn by some donkey (he reraised me all in on a rainbow 567 board. I called with TT and he spiked a K to help his K9). I wanted to call him a tosser, but party has no observer chat.
Tossers.
.05/.10 NLH LH 30/5/07
Opening balance: $114.34
Buy in : $10+10 (2 tables)
No. of hands : 125
Left with : $0 + $3.13
Closing balance : $97.47
Running total: +$1.37/1665
+14ptbb/1665
On one table I was able to make very little headway for more or less the entire the time. My stack hovered around the $8-9 mark for most of the session, until the end when I started to build it up with a series of steals and c-bets. Unfortunately, I then lost most of that when the big blind, who I suspected had been waiting to play back at me, flopped top two to my small blind top pair and I gave him no credit. The rest of the session was super-lag, going pretty well, but I stopped when the guy on my right decided to steal my thunder and I became table calling station.
The other table was much more productive. I wasn't making huge amounts, only about $3, but it was going well. Then I stacked off with top two pair against the guy who was providing most of my money (despite coolering me for two big chunks) and ran into my old friend, bottom set.
Basically, I think I was unlucky. I'm not getting away from top two against a player who has been paying me off repeatedly with bad hands (would've doubled through on the sesion, but he cracked my aces with T2. The other table, I could've escaped had I stopped and thought about it. But I didn't, so there we go.
Bankroll seems to be struggling to stay above $100. Probably just a variance blip, a bump in the road, but it's annoying as hell. I feel like if I could break $130 it would be mostly plain sailing to $200 and beyond (of course, I'm still 13K hands away from going up a level, however big my roll gets). All I have to do is break out of this rut and string together a few winning sessions.
Buy in : $10+10 (2 tables)
No. of hands : 125
Left with : $0 + $3.13
Closing balance : $97.47
Running total: +$1.37/1665
+14ptbb/1665
On one table I was able to make very little headway for more or less the entire the time. My stack hovered around the $8-9 mark for most of the session, until the end when I started to build it up with a series of steals and c-bets. Unfortunately, I then lost most of that when the big blind, who I suspected had been waiting to play back at me, flopped top two to my small blind top pair and I gave him no credit. The rest of the session was super-lag, going pretty well, but I stopped when the guy on my right decided to steal my thunder and I became table calling station.
The other table was much more productive. I wasn't making huge amounts, only about $3, but it was going well. Then I stacked off with top two pair against the guy who was providing most of my money (despite coolering me for two big chunks) and ran into my old friend, bottom set.
Basically, I think I was unlucky. I'm not getting away from top two against a player who has been paying me off repeatedly with bad hands (would've doubled through on the sesion, but he cracked my aces with T2. The other table, I could've escaped had I stopped and thought about it. But I didn't, so there we go.
Bankroll seems to be struggling to stay above $100. Probably just a variance blip, a bump in the road, but it's annoying as hell. I feel like if I could break $130 it would be mostly plain sailing to $200 and beyond (of course, I'm still 13K hands away from going up a level, however big my roll gets). All I have to do is break out of this rut and string together a few winning sessions.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
£5+0 SNG 29/5/07
Uni Bankroll
Current win/loss : -£25
Number of entries: 3
Cashes : 0
Smaller buy-in than usual this week. End of the month, feeling the pinch a little.
It started out well. I identified my main candidate for extracting chips (I guy on the other side of the table who was very active). I knew if I could get a strong hand he'd hang himself, and it worked the first time (nut flush, although he laid down whatever he had when I reraised the river by 600 with about 1800 in there).
My next chance to hit him was when I was holding AJ. Blinds at 50/100, I have about 3000, he has about 2600 (I have him covered by 400). One limper, I make it 350 to go and he makes it 550 (I know, technically an underraise, but I didn't want to make a thing out of it. I was already being the guy who complains when people don't post blinds or take ten minutes to shuffle a frigging deck). Flop comes Ax6h7h. He bets 200, I raise to 700 and he goes all in.
So we're clear, I hoped he had a pocket pair less than the ace, an ace smaller than mine or a naked flush or straight draw (something like QhKh). Of course, AQ or AK was also possible, as was A6 or A7. I decided to call because, well, I'd been wanting him to bet big at me when I had a strong hand (top pair with no redraw on a flush-draw board counts as strong, evidently. No I didn't really have a strong hand). The structure is pretty brutal (2500 chips, 20 minute blinds with people who'd deal faster if they did it with their feet, levels of 50/50, 50/100, 100/200, 150/300 200/400, 250/500 etc.) and you don't really get many chances to make plays except for the very beginning and the very end.
He flipped 8h9h for a monster, hit the Qh on the turn and I was dead. I fold the next hand, then it'smy big blind. Some guy raises to 300, I push blind and the same guy as before wins the pot. Bastard.
Current win/loss : -£25
Number of entries: 3
Cashes : 0
Smaller buy-in than usual this week. End of the month, feeling the pinch a little.
It started out well. I identified my main candidate for extracting chips (I guy on the other side of the table who was very active). I knew if I could get a strong hand he'd hang himself, and it worked the first time (nut flush, although he laid down whatever he had when I reraised the river by 600 with about 1800 in there).
My next chance to hit him was when I was holding AJ. Blinds at 50/100, I have about 3000, he has about 2600 (I have him covered by 400). One limper, I make it 350 to go and he makes it 550 (I know, technically an underraise, but I didn't want to make a thing out of it. I was already being the guy who complains when people don't post blinds or take ten minutes to shuffle a frigging deck). Flop comes Ax6h7h. He bets 200, I raise to 700 and he goes all in.
So we're clear, I hoped he had a pocket pair less than the ace, an ace smaller than mine or a naked flush or straight draw (something like QhKh). Of course, AQ or AK was also possible, as was A6 or A7. I decided to call because, well, I'd been wanting him to bet big at me when I had a strong hand (top pair with no redraw on a flush-draw board counts as strong, evidently. No I didn't really have a strong hand). The structure is pretty brutal (2500 chips, 20 minute blinds with people who'd deal faster if they did it with their feet, levels of 50/50, 50/100, 100/200, 150/300 200/400, 250/500 etc.) and you don't really get many chances to make plays except for the very beginning and the very end.
He flipped 8h9h for a monster, hit the Qh on the turn and I was dead. I fold the next hand, then it'smy big blind. Some guy raises to 300, I push blind and the same guy as before wins the pot. Bastard.
.05/.10 NLH LH 29/5/07
Opening balance: $99.91
Buy in : $10+10 (2 tables)
No. of hands : 118
Left with : $20.69 + 13.74
Closing balance : $114.34
Running total: +$18.24/1540
+182ptbb/1540
Recovered my roll after yesterday. I didn't set out to do that exactly (no target amount I wanted to reach) but I'm happy it happened. Pretty much played at the top of my ability. I won't pretend that I didn't get lucky, but I did play well and make the most of my wins, losing the least I think I could on poor hands.
This was probably the most interesting hand (maybe aside from the one where I flopped quad 2s).
YagaS posts small blind [$0.05 USD].
Protonenpete posts big blind [$0.10 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ Ah 8s ]
2 folds
YagaS raises [$0.55 USD]
Protonenpete is all-In [$1.90 USD]
YagaS calls [$1.40 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7s, Qs, 2s ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 9h ]
** Dealing River ** [ 9d ]
YagaS shows [ Ah, 8s ]a pair of Nines.
Protonenpete doesn't show [ Kd, 5h ]a pair of Nines.
YagaS wins $3.80 USD from the main pot with a pair of Nines with Ace kicker.
Blind on blind, he has $2 and I have him well covered. He's come over the top of me when I've raised once before. My image is a little loose, especially in this sort of situation, but not horrendous.
My raise amount is meant to leave him with only one choice: push or fold. Consequently, if he's a bad short stacker and isn't sitting there waiting for kings (which wouldn't be so bad) or aces (which would be) and will, as I suspect, push with a range like any Ace, any suited king, QTs, QJs and all pocket pairs, I can call him with my hand. I think he'll push with a bigger range as that's the only option he has, so if he wants to play, that's all he can do. It might be better to make it .80 or .90 so it's really obvious he can only push/fold. As it happens, I was right about him range and it went through on plan.
Buy in : $10+10 (2 tables)
No. of hands : 118
Left with : $20.69 + 13.74
Closing balance : $114.34
Running total: +$18.24/1540
+182ptbb/1540
Recovered my roll after yesterday. I didn't set out to do that exactly (no target amount I wanted to reach) but I'm happy it happened. Pretty much played at the top of my ability. I won't pretend that I didn't get lucky, but I did play well and make the most of my wins, losing the least I think I could on poor hands.
This was probably the most interesting hand (maybe aside from the one where I flopped quad 2s).
YagaS posts small blind [$0.05 USD].
Protonenpete posts big blind [$0.10 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ Ah 8s ]
2 folds
YagaS raises [$0.55 USD]
Protonenpete is all-In [$1.90 USD]
YagaS calls [$1.40 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7s, Qs, 2s ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 9h ]
** Dealing River ** [ 9d ]
YagaS shows [ Ah, 8s ]a pair of Nines.
Protonenpete doesn't show [ Kd, 5h ]a pair of Nines.
YagaS wins $3.80 USD from the main pot with a pair of Nines with Ace kicker.
Blind on blind, he has $2 and I have him well covered. He's come over the top of me when I've raised once before. My image is a little loose, especially in this sort of situation, but not horrendous.
My raise amount is meant to leave him with only one choice: push or fold. Consequently, if he's a bad short stacker and isn't sitting there waiting for kings (which wouldn't be so bad) or aces (which would be) and will, as I suspect, push with a range like any Ace, any suited king, QTs, QJs and all pocket pairs, I can call him with my hand. I think he'll push with a bigger range as that's the only option he has, so if he wants to play, that's all he can do. It might be better to make it .80 or .90 so it's really obvious he can only push/fold. As it happens, I was right about him range and it went through on plan.
Monday, May 28, 2007
.05/.10 NLH LH 28/5/07
Opening balance: $109.89
Buy in : $10+10 (2 tables)
No. of hands : 122
Left with : $10.02 + 0
Closing balance : $99.91
Running total: +$3.81/1422
+38ptbb/1422
Ack. Started the session quite well, although I was overplaying some hands. Was playing really well in the middle (one table better than the other) and then had one ridiculous hand that crippled me, steamed a little and ended up broke. The other table finished strong, but not strong enough to make up for this hand
Seat 1: Kawur ( $17.94 USD )
Seat 10: YagaS ( $15.35 USD )
YagaS posts small blind [$0.05 USD].
Kawur posts big blind [$0.10 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ Th Kh ]
Nextone7777 calls [$0.10 USD]
1 fold
adrianfitz raises [$0.30 USD]
4 folds
YagaS calls [$0.25 USD]
Kawur calls [$0.20 USD]
Nextone7777 calls [$0.20 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Kd, 3h, 9s ]
YagaS bets [$1.14 USD]
Kawur calls [$1.14 USD]
2 folds
** Dealing Turn ** [ Jc ]
YagaS checks
Kawur bets [$2 USD]
YagaS calls [$2 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ Jh ]
YagaS bets [$2 USD]
Kawur raises [$6 USD]
YagaS calls [$4 USD]
Kawur shows [ 3s, 3d ]a full house, Threes full of Jacks.
YagaS doesn't show [ Th, Kh ]two pairs, Kings and Jacks.
Kawur wins $18.51 USD from the main pot with a full house, Threes full of Jacks.
I'm trying to take it down with the pot-size bet on the flop. On the turn I figure he could have a variety of weaker hands than mine and want to get to the end cheaply. The river bet is meant to be a block, so I should definitely let go of it when he comes over the top. Doing that would have salvaged the entire session, as I would have been about even and would not have tilted nearly as much.
That was it in terms of big nightmare plays. There were other hands that could've been played better, but only one that made me want to throw stuff at my poor play.
Buy in : $10+10 (2 tables)
No. of hands : 122
Left with : $10.02 + 0
Closing balance : $99.91
Running total: +$3.81/1422
+38ptbb/1422
Ack. Started the session quite well, although I was overplaying some hands. Was playing really well in the middle (one table better than the other) and then had one ridiculous hand that crippled me, steamed a little and ended up broke. The other table finished strong, but not strong enough to make up for this hand
Seat 1: Kawur ( $17.94 USD )
Seat 10: YagaS ( $15.35 USD )
YagaS posts small blind [$0.05 USD].
Kawur posts big blind [$0.10 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ Th Kh ]
Nextone7777 calls [$0.10 USD]
1 fold
adrianfitz raises [$0.30 USD]
4 folds
YagaS calls [$0.25 USD]
Kawur calls [$0.20 USD]
Nextone7777 calls [$0.20 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Kd, 3h, 9s ]
YagaS bets [$1.14 USD]
Kawur calls [$1.14 USD]
2 folds
** Dealing Turn ** [ Jc ]
YagaS checks
Kawur bets [$2 USD]
YagaS calls [$2 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ Jh ]
YagaS bets [$2 USD]
Kawur raises [$6 USD]
YagaS calls [$4 USD]
Kawur shows [ 3s, 3d ]a full house, Threes full of Jacks.
YagaS doesn't show [ Th, Kh ]two pairs, Kings and Jacks.
Kawur wins $18.51 USD from the main pot with a full house, Threes full of Jacks.
I'm trying to take it down with the pot-size bet on the flop. On the turn I figure he could have a variety of weaker hands than mine and want to get to the end cheaply. The river bet is meant to be a block, so I should definitely let go of it when he comes over the top. Doing that would have salvaged the entire session, as I would have been about even and would not have tilted nearly as much.
That was it in terms of big nightmare plays. There were other hands that could've been played better, but only one that made me want to throw stuff at my poor play.
$10+1 MTT 28/5/07
Opening balance: $120.89
Buy in : $11
No. of hands : 22
Left with : $0
Closing balance : $109.89
Running total: -$11/1
Horendous. Played much too loose for the table and the format. Ended up short-stacked after three hands.
Buy in : $11
No. of hands : 22
Left with : $0
Closing balance : $109.89
Running total: -$11/1
Horendous. Played much too loose for the table and the format. Ended up short-stacked after three hands.
Friday, May 25, 2007
.05/.10 NLH LH 25/5/07
Opening balance: $112.75
Buy in : $10+10 (2 tables)
No. of hands : 119
Left with : $11.03 + 17.11
Closing balance : $120.89
Running total: +$13.79/1300
+138tbb/1300
Another strong session. Fairly unimaginative. One hand where I think I played badly (more on that later), a few I think I played pretty well, but it's not like I have anything much interesting to say.
Seat 5: interpool101 ( $5.61 USD )
Seat 1: YagaS ( $10.62 USD )
Seat 7: oxl0r ( $5.13 USD )
oxl0r posts small blind [$0.05 USD].
csmogyi posts big blind [$0.10 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ 9d Th ]
2 folds
YagaS raises [$0.30 USD]
3 folds
interpool101 calls [$0.30 USD]
1 fold
oxl0r calls [$0.25 USD]
1 fold
** Dealing Flop ** [ 3c, Ac, Ts ]
oxl0r checks
YagaS bets [$0.70 USD]
interpool101 calls [$0.70 USD]
oxl0r folds
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3h ]
YagaS checks
interpool101 checks
** Dealing River ** [ As ]
YagaS checks
interpool101 bets [$0.46 USD]
YagaS calls [$0.46 USD]
interpool101 shows [ 9c, 8c ]two pairs, Aces and Threes.
YagaS shows [ 9d, Th ]two pairs, Aces and Tens.
YagaS wins $3.16 USD from the main pot with two pairs, Aces and Tens.
No villain read. I was half expecting a kicker battle on the end, which I probably don't win (the only T I can expect to see here is JT). Given the amount of bad play I can expect to see at this level, especially in the passive draw/river bluff line, and getting like 7:1 on the end, I'm not folding there. Maybe if the river was a K or Q.
Seat 4: RubySK ( $1.90 USD )
Seat 1: YagaS ( $11.22 USD )
RubySK posts small blind [$0.05 USD].
tanne321 posts big blind [$0.10 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ Ah Td ]
2 folds
Pingu11 calls [$0.10 USD]
2 folds
YagaS raises [$0.40 USD]
2 folds
RubySK is all-In [$1.85 USD]
2 folds
YagaS calls [$1.50 USD]
This was my worst hand.
First thing to look at: pot odds at the all-in. It's 1.50 for me to call, with 2.50 in there. So I need to win this about 40% of the time to be profitable.
Probable hands for the villain, shoving over a limper and a raiser: 99+, AJ+, ATs
Grouping those, we have: race pairs (99: 45%), mid pairs (JJ, QQ, KK: 30%), Dominating pairs (TT: 30%, AA: 10%), (ATs: 47%), bigger aces (AK, AQ, AJ: 25%) The numbers are all rough, but they're good enough to show that this call is almost never profitable. With a better read on the villain, I might be able to throw a few more hands in there (A7, 66 type stuff) but it's going to take a really aggressive villain to make this call good.
Worth remembering.
Buy in : $10+10 (2 tables)
No. of hands : 119
Left with : $11.03 + 17.11
Closing balance : $120.89
Running total: +$13.79/1300
+138tbb/1300
Another strong session. Fairly unimaginative. One hand where I think I played badly (more on that later), a few I think I played pretty well, but it's not like I have anything much interesting to say.
Seat 5: interpool101 ( $5.61 USD )
Seat 1: YagaS ( $10.62 USD )
Seat 7: oxl0r ( $5.13 USD )
oxl0r posts small blind [$0.05 USD].
csmogyi posts big blind [$0.10 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ 9d Th ]
2 folds
YagaS raises [$0.30 USD]
3 folds
interpool101 calls [$0.30 USD]
1 fold
oxl0r calls [$0.25 USD]
1 fold
** Dealing Flop ** [ 3c, Ac, Ts ]
oxl0r checks
YagaS bets [$0.70 USD]
interpool101 calls [$0.70 USD]
oxl0r folds
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3h ]
YagaS checks
interpool101 checks
** Dealing River ** [ As ]
YagaS checks
interpool101 bets [$0.46 USD]
YagaS calls [$0.46 USD]
interpool101 shows [ 9c, 8c ]two pairs, Aces and Threes.
YagaS shows [ 9d, Th ]two pairs, Aces and Tens.
YagaS wins $3.16 USD from the main pot with two pairs, Aces and Tens.
No villain read. I was half expecting a kicker battle on the end, which I probably don't win (the only T I can expect to see here is JT). Given the amount of bad play I can expect to see at this level, especially in the passive draw/river bluff line, and getting like 7:1 on the end, I'm not folding there. Maybe if the river was a K or Q.
Seat 4: RubySK ( $1.90 USD )
Seat 1: YagaS ( $11.22 USD )
RubySK posts small blind [$0.05 USD].
tanne321 posts big blind [$0.10 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ Ah Td ]
2 folds
Pingu11 calls [$0.10 USD]
2 folds
YagaS raises [$0.40 USD]
2 folds
RubySK is all-In [$1.85 USD]
2 folds
YagaS calls [$1.50 USD]
This was my worst hand.
First thing to look at: pot odds at the all-in. It's 1.50 for me to call, with 2.50 in there. So I need to win this about 40% of the time to be profitable.
Probable hands for the villain, shoving over a limper and a raiser: 99+, AJ+, ATs
Grouping those, we have: race pairs (99: 45%), mid pairs (JJ, QQ, KK: 30%), Dominating pairs (TT: 30%, AA: 10%), (ATs: 47%), bigger aces (AK, AQ, AJ: 25%) The numbers are all rough, but they're good enough to show that this call is almost never profitable. With a better read on the villain, I might be able to throw a few more hands in there (A7, 66 type stuff) but it's going to take a really aggressive villain to make this call good.
Worth remembering.
Thursday, May 24, 2007
.05/.10 NLH LH 24/5/07
Opening balance: $107.60
Buy in : $10+10 (2 tables)
No. of hands : 130
Left with : $14.33 + 10.82
Closing balance : $112.75
Running total: +$5.65/1181
+56ptbb/1181
Fairly lacklustre session after the two opening hands (two consecutive full houses with unpaired hole cards). Winning table basically went from there, small pots, nothing special, TPTK and one two pair was the best I managed after that.
The other table was far more interesting. Typically, I ran into the loose cannon twice in a row when he happened to have hands. Turned a straight later in the session to make my way back to a small profit. Generally good play, although I think I was bluffing a little too much on the flop and not reraising preflop with hands like AQo, AJs, TT. The higher profit table was much more solid and conservative. Not as fun, but much more reliable.
Couple of hands:
Seat 5: stic4488 ( $8.82 USD )
Seat 4: YagaS ( $9.85 USD )
torbanaftius posts small blind [$0.05 USD].
maathh posts big blind [$0.10 USD].
montypuma posts big blind [$0.10 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ Td Th ]
3 folds
Barbrapappa calls [$0.10 USD]
1 fold
montypuma checks
YagaS raises [$0.60 USD]
stic4488 calls [$0.60 USD]
4 folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8c, Jc, Kd ]
YagaS bets [$1 USD]
stic4488 calls [$1 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 4d ]
YagaS checks
stic4488 checks
** Dealing River ** [ 9c ]
YagaS checks
stic4488 checks
YagaS shows [ Td, Th ]a pair of Tens.
stic4488 doesn't show [ Ac, Qh ]high card Ace.
YagaS wins $3.38 USD from the main pot with a pair of Tens.
I missed some value here with the checks on the turn and river, but I put him on a J or K on the flop, probably a small king. The river making the flush also made me nervous. I can't see any reason to bet the river, but maybe the turn in future. This hand is probably a freak accident, though.
Seat 7: Eyrea ( $5.88 USD )
Seat 1: YagaS ( $13.76 USD )
shibo2k posts small blind [$0.05 USD].
YagaS posts big blind [$0.10 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ Qd 3h ]
4 folds
Eyrea raises [$0.20 USD]
2 folds
YagaS calls [$0.10 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 3s, 2h, Qs ]
YagaS checks
Eyrea bets [$0.10 USD]
YagaS raises [$0.30 USD]
Eyrea raises [$0.40 USD]
YagaS raises [$3 USD]
Eyrea folds
YagaS does not show cards.
YagaS wins $4.18 USD
Pre-flop, the call is dubious. I think a Q will be good enough here. The flop is great. OK, there are two spades and a wheel draw for someone with a weak Ace, but other than that, no worries. My fourbet is only callable by a few hands (other than those that beat me). 4s5s maybe, AsQx, KK, AA. I think a raise to $2-$2.50 might be better, or a call and bet the turn.
Buy in : $10+10 (2 tables)
No. of hands : 130
Left with : $14.33 + 10.82
Closing balance : $112.75
Running total: +$5.65/1181
+56ptbb/1181
Fairly lacklustre session after the two opening hands (two consecutive full houses with unpaired hole cards). Winning table basically went from there, small pots, nothing special, TPTK and one two pair was the best I managed after that.
The other table was far more interesting. Typically, I ran into the loose cannon twice in a row when he happened to have hands. Turned a straight later in the session to make my way back to a small profit. Generally good play, although I think I was bluffing a little too much on the flop and not reraising preflop with hands like AQo, AJs, TT. The higher profit table was much more solid and conservative. Not as fun, but much more reliable.
Couple of hands:
Seat 5: stic4488 ( $8.82 USD )
Seat 4: YagaS ( $9.85 USD )
torbanaftius posts small blind [$0.05 USD].
maathh posts big blind [$0.10 USD].
montypuma posts big blind [$0.10 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ Td Th ]
3 folds
Barbrapappa calls [$0.10 USD]
1 fold
montypuma checks
YagaS raises [$0.60 USD]
stic4488 calls [$0.60 USD]
4 folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8c, Jc, Kd ]
YagaS bets [$1 USD]
stic4488 calls [$1 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 4d ]
YagaS checks
stic4488 checks
** Dealing River ** [ 9c ]
YagaS checks
stic4488 checks
YagaS shows [ Td, Th ]a pair of Tens.
stic4488 doesn't show [ Ac, Qh ]high card Ace.
YagaS wins $3.38 USD from the main pot with a pair of Tens.
I missed some value here with the checks on the turn and river, but I put him on a J or K on the flop, probably a small king. The river making the flush also made me nervous. I can't see any reason to bet the river, but maybe the turn in future. This hand is probably a freak accident, though.
Seat 7: Eyrea ( $5.88 USD )
Seat 1: YagaS ( $13.76 USD )
shibo2k posts small blind [$0.05 USD].
YagaS posts big blind [$0.10 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ Qd 3h ]
4 folds
Eyrea raises [$0.20 USD]
2 folds
YagaS calls [$0.10 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 3s, 2h, Qs ]
YagaS checks
Eyrea bets [$0.10 USD]
YagaS raises [$0.30 USD]
Eyrea raises [$0.40 USD]
YagaS raises [$3 USD]
Eyrea folds
YagaS does not show cards.
YagaS wins $4.18 USD
Pre-flop, the call is dubious. I think a Q will be good enough here. The flop is great. OK, there are two spades and a wheel draw for someone with a weak Ace, but other than that, no worries. My fourbet is only callable by a few hands (other than those that beat me). 4s5s maybe, AsQx, KK, AA. I think a raise to $2-$2.50 might be better, or a call and bet the turn.
$100 Freeroll 23/5/07
Buy-in: $0
Runners: 1177
Placed: 37
Amount won: $.35
My first foray into Pokerstars last night. Some play money 5 card draw got me into the software (which seemed a bit slow, but otherwise good) and then I decided to try seeding a new bankroll with a few freerolls.
First few blind levels were fairly boring. My table didn't have too many maniacs, just a collection of weak-tight limpers. Built my stack up a little, hit a few flops and reached about 5K by the end of the first level. Got up to about 12K without anything too extreme happening, then went back down to 8K when my kings ran into aces.
Shortly after that, I got moved tables four times in six hands. Grr. Built my stack a little more, then spent 15 minutes as one of only two players on my table who weren't disconnected. Stole my way through about 7K of blinds (I had position on the other player, and she had only about 1.5K and didn't really get involved). Around this point, I broke into the top ten.
After the first break, things picked up again, with the disconnects mostly being eliminated and real players coming back. I went a little card dead around the bubble, which was frustrating (I'm a lot less patient when I have no money in play). Once we got down to about 100 runners, the stacks all seemed pretty deep (don't know if this is because of the structure, because we'd all stolen relentlessly during the mass disconnects or because it was a freeroll and most people were throwing their chips around).
Around this point, I started playing like a maniac. There was no point finishing anywhere but top two for this thing, and I was able to steal from the table I was on with relative impugnity. Of course, I lost a lot of small pots, and the occassional large one. I was sitting on about 50K and top fifteen in chips when I went out (top two pair vs. a flush) and I knew I was overplaying that hand.
Runners: 1177
Placed: 37
Amount won: $.35
My first foray into Pokerstars last night. Some play money 5 card draw got me into the software (which seemed a bit slow, but otherwise good) and then I decided to try seeding a new bankroll with a few freerolls.
First few blind levels were fairly boring. My table didn't have too many maniacs, just a collection of weak-tight limpers. Built my stack up a little, hit a few flops and reached about 5K by the end of the first level. Got up to about 12K without anything too extreme happening, then went back down to 8K when my kings ran into aces.
Shortly after that, I got moved tables four times in six hands. Grr. Built my stack a little more, then spent 15 minutes as one of only two players on my table who weren't disconnected. Stole my way through about 7K of blinds (I had position on the other player, and she had only about 1.5K and didn't really get involved). Around this point, I broke into the top ten.
After the first break, things picked up again, with the disconnects mostly being eliminated and real players coming back. I went a little card dead around the bubble, which was frustrating (I'm a lot less patient when I have no money in play). Once we got down to about 100 runners, the stacks all seemed pretty deep (don't know if this is because of the structure, because we'd all stolen relentlessly during the mass disconnects or because it was a freeroll and most people were throwing their chips around).
Around this point, I started playing like a maniac. There was no point finishing anywhere but top two for this thing, and I was able to steal from the table I was on with relative impugnity. Of course, I lost a lot of small pots, and the occassional large one. I was sitting on about 50K and top fifteen in chips when I went out (top two pair vs. a flush) and I knew I was overplaying that hand.
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
.05/.10 NLH LH 22/5/07
Opening balance: $104.29
Buy in : $10+10 (2 tables)
No. of hands : 100
Left with : $10.79 + 12.52
Closing balance : $107.60
Running total: +$.50/1051
+5ptbb/1051 (+1ptbb/100)
And with that I pass both the 1K mark and the profit mark. For this level, anyway. I wasn't even playing very well, nor did I get particularly great hands. Most of my winnings for this session came from this one hand.
Seat 2: Netwalker007 ( $2 USD )
Seat 3: tlokar1 ( $7.47 USD )
Seat 5: stinker1978 ( $1.70 USD )
Seat 6: Preffer ( $5 USD )
Seat 7: SlowPlaydoc ( $21.38 USD )
Seat 9: Moser1981 ( $5.90 USD )
Seat 10: dirck3 ( $6.90 USD )
Seat 1: YagaS ( $7.48 USD )
Seat 4: luxuswasser ( $9.70 USD )
Seat 8: freerider789 ( $4.90 USD )
luxuswasser posts small blind [$0.05 USD].
stinker1978 posts big blind [$0.10 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ Td Ad ]
Preffer folds
SlowPlaydoc raises [$0.40 USD]
freerider789 calls [$0.40 USD]
Moser1981 folds
dirck3 calls [$0.40 USD]
YagaS calls [$0.40 USD]
Netwalker007 folds
tlokar1 folds
luxuswasser folds
stinker1978 folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ Jd, Qc, 9h ]
SlowPlaydoc bets [$1 USD]
freerider789 folds
dirck3 folds
YagaS calls [$1 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 2d ]
SlowPlaydoc bets [$1 USD]
YagaS calls [$1 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 7d ]
SlowPlaydoc bets [$0.90 USD]
YagaS raises [$2.30 USD]
SlowPlaydoc calls [$1.40 USD]
YagaS shows [ Td, Ad ]a flush, Ace high.
SlowPlaydoc doesn't show [ Kd, Qh ]a pair of Queens.
YagaS wins $9.84 USD from the main pot with a flush, Ace high.
Villain had been playing pretty tight, so I was confident he hit the flop, and that if I hit my draw I'd be ahead. He was also very aggressive throughout the hand, so I'd have good implied odds. I know I don't have the pot odds on the flop, but I'm running with the implied odds here. I do have the odds on the turn, since I'm calling $1 to win $4.50 and I have 15 outs. Oviously, I'm check/folding any river that doesn't give me a straight or flush (I'm not playing an ace, as I'm too worried he might have AJ or AQ).
Aside from that hand I mostly picked up a few small pots, button steals, blind vs. blind stuff. Nothing huge. Lost a few medium pots (put a shorty all-in for $1.90 with AQs, his kings held up, JT vs. AJ with a J-high flop etc.) but really, this was a pretty dull session.
Except, I'm now profitable. Hooray!
Buy in : $10+10 (2 tables)
No. of hands : 100
Left with : $10.79 + 12.52
Closing balance : $107.60
Running total: +$.50/1051
+5ptbb/1051 (+1ptbb/100)
And with that I pass both the 1K mark and the profit mark. For this level, anyway. I wasn't even playing very well, nor did I get particularly great hands. Most of my winnings for this session came from this one hand.
Seat 2: Netwalker007 ( $2 USD )
Seat 3: tlokar1 ( $7.47 USD )
Seat 5: stinker1978 ( $1.70 USD )
Seat 6: Preffer ( $5 USD )
Seat 7: SlowPlaydoc ( $21.38 USD )
Seat 9: Moser1981 ( $5.90 USD )
Seat 10: dirck3 ( $6.90 USD )
Seat 1: YagaS ( $7.48 USD )
Seat 4: luxuswasser ( $9.70 USD )
Seat 8: freerider789 ( $4.90 USD )
luxuswasser posts small blind [$0.05 USD].
stinker1978 posts big blind [$0.10 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ Td Ad ]
Preffer folds
SlowPlaydoc raises [$0.40 USD]
freerider789 calls [$0.40 USD]
Moser1981 folds
dirck3 calls [$0.40 USD]
YagaS calls [$0.40 USD]
Netwalker007 folds
tlokar1 folds
luxuswasser folds
stinker1978 folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ Jd, Qc, 9h ]
SlowPlaydoc bets [$1 USD]
freerider789 folds
dirck3 folds
YagaS calls [$1 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 2d ]
SlowPlaydoc bets [$1 USD]
YagaS calls [$1 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 7d ]
SlowPlaydoc bets [$0.90 USD]
YagaS raises [$2.30 USD]
SlowPlaydoc calls [$1.40 USD]
YagaS shows [ Td, Ad ]a flush, Ace high.
SlowPlaydoc doesn't show [ Kd, Qh ]a pair of Queens.
YagaS wins $9.84 USD from the main pot with a flush, Ace high.
Villain had been playing pretty tight, so I was confident he hit the flop, and that if I hit my draw I'd be ahead. He was also very aggressive throughout the hand, so I'd have good implied odds. I know I don't have the pot odds on the flop, but I'm running with the implied odds here. I do have the odds on the turn, since I'm calling $1 to win $4.50 and I have 15 outs. Oviously, I'm check/folding any river that doesn't give me a straight or flush (I'm not playing an ace, as I'm too worried he might have AJ or AQ).
Aside from that hand I mostly picked up a few small pots, button steals, blind vs. blind stuff. Nothing huge. Lost a few medium pots (put a shorty all-in for $1.90 with AQs, his kings held up, JT vs. AJ with a J-high flop etc.) but really, this was a pretty dull session.
Except, I'm now profitable. Hooray!
Monday, May 21, 2007
.05/.10 NLH LH 21/5/07
Opening balance: $102.79
Buy in : $10+10 (2 tables)
No. of hands : 141
Left with : $16.89 + 4.61
Closing balance : $104.29
Running total: -$2.81/951
-28ptbb/951
Two tables, could hardly have been more different. Once again, my biggest losses were from value-crap in the blinds getting outkicked, twice in two hands, to the same villain. Didn't really do anything wrong, losing three 8s with a king to three eights with an Ace is just lame. Also lost a big pot on the other table with 5s full of 8s against a rivered 5s full of 9s.
big_ab0 posts small blind [$0.05 USD].
YagaS posts big blind [$0.10 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ 8c Qs ]
realmoney78 calls [$0.10 USD]
darkarif calls [$0.10 USD]
5 folds
YagaS checks
** Dealing Flop ** [ 5c, 5d, 8h ]
YagaS bets [$0.30 USD]
realmoney78 folds
darkarif raises [$1.20 USD]
YagaS calls [$0.90 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 5h ]
YagaS checks
darkarif checks
** Dealing River ** [ 9h ]
YagaS bets [$1.75 USD]
darkarif raises [$5.10 USD]
YagaS calls [$3.35 USD]
darkarif shows [ 9s, 6d ]a full house, Fives full of Nines.
YagaS doesn't show [ 8c, Qs ]a full house, Fives full of Eights.
darkarif wins $12.31 USD from the main pot with a full house, Fives full of Nines.
I should have bet the turn, really. I was giving him the chance to bet at me, but he didn't, plus I didn't want to build the pot excessively when I could be on a two-outer or drawing dead (this line may be excessively cautious).
This is the very next hand
Dealt to YagaS [ Ad 3d ]
1 fold
darkarif calls [$0.10 USD]
3 folds
C_Coutinho raises [$0.50 USD]
1 fold
YagaS calls [$0.45 USD]
1 fold
darkarif calls [$0.40 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Td, 8c, 7c ]
YagaS bets [$1.20 USD]
darkarif calls [$1.20 USD]
C_Coutinho folds
** Dealing Turn ** [ Tc ]
YagaS checks
darkarif checks
** Dealing River ** [ Qh ]
YagaS checks
darkarif checks
YagaS shows [ Ad, 3d ]a pair of Tens.
darkarif doesn't show [ Kd, 9s ]a pair of Tens.
YagaS wins $3.80 USD from the main pot with a pair of Tens with Ace kicker.
Didn't play it spectacularly, and it's a quarter of the pot I just lost, but damn it felt good.
Nearly at 1K hands, nearly breaking even for .05/.10NL. I was going to go for the last 49 hands tonight, but the tables were breaking up all over the place and I was getting tilty with darkarif, so I decided to call it a night. Getting back on track. I remember where I left my optimism.
Buy in : $10+10 (2 tables)
No. of hands : 141
Left with : $16.89 + 4.61
Closing balance : $104.29
Running total: -$2.81/951
-28ptbb/951
Two tables, could hardly have been more different. Once again, my biggest losses were from value-crap in the blinds getting outkicked, twice in two hands, to the same villain. Didn't really do anything wrong, losing three 8s with a king to three eights with an Ace is just lame. Also lost a big pot on the other table with 5s full of 8s against a rivered 5s full of 9s.
big_ab0 posts small blind [$0.05 USD].
YagaS posts big blind [$0.10 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ 8c Qs ]
realmoney78 calls [$0.10 USD]
darkarif calls [$0.10 USD]
5 folds
YagaS checks
** Dealing Flop ** [ 5c, 5d, 8h ]
YagaS bets [$0.30 USD]
realmoney78 folds
darkarif raises [$1.20 USD]
YagaS calls [$0.90 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 5h ]
YagaS checks
darkarif checks
** Dealing River ** [ 9h ]
YagaS bets [$1.75 USD]
darkarif raises [$5.10 USD]
YagaS calls [$3.35 USD]
darkarif shows [ 9s, 6d ]a full house, Fives full of Nines.
YagaS doesn't show [ 8c, Qs ]a full house, Fives full of Eights.
darkarif wins $12.31 USD from the main pot with a full house, Fives full of Nines.
I should have bet the turn, really. I was giving him the chance to bet at me, but he didn't, plus I didn't want to build the pot excessively when I could be on a two-outer or drawing dead (this line may be excessively cautious).
This is the very next hand
Dealt to YagaS [ Ad 3d ]
1 fold
darkarif calls [$0.10 USD]
3 folds
C_Coutinho raises [$0.50 USD]
1 fold
YagaS calls [$0.45 USD]
1 fold
darkarif calls [$0.40 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Td, 8c, 7c ]
YagaS bets [$1.20 USD]
darkarif calls [$1.20 USD]
C_Coutinho folds
** Dealing Turn ** [ Tc ]
YagaS checks
darkarif checks
** Dealing River ** [ Qh ]
YagaS checks
darkarif checks
YagaS shows [ Ad, 3d ]a pair of Tens.
darkarif doesn't show [ Kd, 9s ]a pair of Tens.
YagaS wins $3.80 USD from the main pot with a pair of Tens with Ace kicker.
Didn't play it spectacularly, and it's a quarter of the pot I just lost, but damn it felt good.
Nearly at 1K hands, nearly breaking even for .05/.10NL. I was going to go for the last 49 hands tonight, but the tables were breaking up all over the place and I was getting tilty with darkarif, so I decided to call it a night. Getting back on track. I remember where I left my optimism.
Sunday, May 20, 2007
.05/.10 NLH LH 20/5/07 (2)
Opening balance: $100.26
Buy in : $10+10 (2 tables)
No. of hands : 65
Left with : $10.42 + 12.11
Closing balance : $102.79
Running total: -$4.31/810
-43ptbb/810
Very short session. Played well, would've won a lot more but I lost an unexpected coinflip (TP vs. MP w/ FD) against a maniac. Won that lot back in short order. The second table never got moving for me until the short fish were busted and it broke up. Still, profit is profit.
Buy in : $10+10 (2 tables)
No. of hands : 65
Left with : $10.42 + 12.11
Closing balance : $102.79
Running total: -$4.31/810
-43ptbb/810
Very short session. Played well, would've won a lot more but I lost an unexpected coinflip (TP vs. MP w/ FD) against a maniac. Won that lot back in short order. The second table never got moving for me until the short fish were busted and it broke up. Still, profit is profit.
.05/.10 NLH LH 20/5/07
Opening balance: $82.18
Buy in : $10 (1 table)
No. of hands : 115
Left with : $28.08
Closing balance : $100.26
Running total: -$6.84/745
-68ptbb/745
I crushed this table. Absolutely murdered it. The cards were with me, of course, but I played the best I've played in a really long time. Very tight, very aggressive, steamrollered the table but without getting suckered in. Woo!
One hand I was unsure about my play. Third to act, with three behind me plus the blinds. I pick up pocket twos. UTG and UTG+1 fold. I fold. My reasoning is as follows.
If I raise, it'll look like a steal. The only player I would suspect of playing back at me just because it's me has already folded. Anyone calling my raise will have a hand. If I'm not the 80:20 underdog, I'm in a coinflip.
The flop will help me about 12% of the time. Even then, I could be behind to set over set, although that's about a 1% chance. Any flop without a 2 is scary, and any flop with an A or K is instafold.
Further, I don't have good implied odds. Nobody is paying me off (I'm stealing a lot). My image could do with some tightening up, and this is a good hand to fold to do that.
But it is still a good hand, a pocket pair, ahead of most preflop. The fold is a very conservative play, hardly indicative of crushing the table. Ultimately, I feel it was the right choice (I would have done the same thing with 33/44/55/66) to be safe, but I feel I was missing some value.
Another hand that bothered me. And these are the two low points in a fantastic session. It's crazy to get excited about having $100 in my account when I had ten times that a few months ago, but now that I'm micro grinding I feel every penny.
Here's the hand.
Seat 4: YagaS ( $27.79 USD )
Seat 2: Mathias8879 ( $6.61 USD )
ChulioZ posts small blind [$0.05 USD].
fly_agaric posts big blind [$0.10 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ Th Ac ]
1 fold
Mathias8879 raises [$0.20 USD]
1 fold
YagaS calls [$0.20 USD]
3 folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ Ts, 4s, Ah ]
Mathias8879 bets [$0.40 USD]
YagaS raises [$1.60 USD]
Mathias8879 folds
YagaS shows [ Th, Ac ]two pairs, Aces and Tens.
YagaS wins $2.49 USD from the main pot with two pairs, Aces and Tens.
So, the villain has no respect for me. I've pushed him around a bit, taken pots off him where I've had good hands and he thinks I'm bluffing, pushed him out when I've had weak hands he might have beaten (generally, I've not been bluffing much, but I did put in a couple against this guy). That could mean one of two things. Either he's now scared of me, so I should treat him gently, or he might want to play back at me, reraise with weaker hands than normal etc. I don't know which it will be.
I'm aiming at his entire stack. If he fires back, I can get his stack by the turn if he bets it, the river if I'm the aggressor. If he calls, I'll need to come over the top of him twice to get it, although if he bet/calls the turn and checks the river, I'll stick him in (face cards would slow me down, but not much, as would spades if he flat calls the flop).
If he folds here, that's ok. I don't plan on playing too much longer anyway, so I'm going to take his stack or I'm not, either way is cool (hmm... maybe this is one of my big-stack leaks...looks like). Since I'm out to stack him and I'm more than likely ahead right now, I think my raise is the correct play. Give me a stack or give me some new cards.
Here's hoping for some more sessions like this one.
Buy in : $10 (1 table)
No. of hands : 115
Left with : $28.08
Closing balance : $100.26
Running total: -$6.84/745
-68ptbb/745
I crushed this table. Absolutely murdered it. The cards were with me, of course, but I played the best I've played in a really long time. Very tight, very aggressive, steamrollered the table but without getting suckered in. Woo!
One hand I was unsure about my play. Third to act, with three behind me plus the blinds. I pick up pocket twos. UTG and UTG+1 fold. I fold. My reasoning is as follows.
If I raise, it'll look like a steal. The only player I would suspect of playing back at me just because it's me has already folded. Anyone calling my raise will have a hand. If I'm not the 80:20 underdog, I'm in a coinflip.
The flop will help me about 12% of the time. Even then, I could be behind to set over set, although that's about a 1% chance. Any flop without a 2 is scary, and any flop with an A or K is instafold.
Further, I don't have good implied odds. Nobody is paying me off (I'm stealing a lot). My image could do with some tightening up, and this is a good hand to fold to do that.
But it is still a good hand, a pocket pair, ahead of most preflop. The fold is a very conservative play, hardly indicative of crushing the table. Ultimately, I feel it was the right choice (I would have done the same thing with 33/44/55/66) to be safe, but I feel I was missing some value.
Another hand that bothered me. And these are the two low points in a fantastic session. It's crazy to get excited about having $100 in my account when I had ten times that a few months ago, but now that I'm micro grinding I feel every penny.
Here's the hand.
Seat 4: YagaS ( $27.79 USD )
Seat 2: Mathias8879 ( $6.61 USD )
ChulioZ posts small blind [$0.05 USD].
fly_agaric posts big blind [$0.10 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ Th Ac ]
1 fold
Mathias8879 raises [$0.20 USD]
1 fold
YagaS calls [$0.20 USD]
3 folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ Ts, 4s, Ah ]
Mathias8879 bets [$0.40 USD]
YagaS raises [$1.60 USD]
Mathias8879 folds
YagaS shows [ Th, Ac ]two pairs, Aces and Tens.
YagaS wins $2.49 USD from the main pot with two pairs, Aces and Tens.
So, the villain has no respect for me. I've pushed him around a bit, taken pots off him where I've had good hands and he thinks I'm bluffing, pushed him out when I've had weak hands he might have beaten (generally, I've not been bluffing much, but I did put in a couple against this guy). That could mean one of two things. Either he's now scared of me, so I should treat him gently, or he might want to play back at me, reraise with weaker hands than normal etc. I don't know which it will be.
I'm aiming at his entire stack. If he fires back, I can get his stack by the turn if he bets it, the river if I'm the aggressor. If he calls, I'll need to come over the top of him twice to get it, although if he bet/calls the turn and checks the river, I'll stick him in (face cards would slow me down, but not much, as would spades if he flat calls the flop).
If he folds here, that's ok. I don't plan on playing too much longer anyway, so I'm going to take his stack or I'm not, either way is cool (hmm... maybe this is one of my big-stack leaks...looks like). Since I'm out to stack him and I'm more than likely ahead right now, I think my raise is the correct play. Give me a stack or give me some new cards.
Here's hoping for some more sessions like this one.
.05/10 NLH LH 19/5/07
Opening balance: $93.67
Buy in : $10+10+10 (3 tables)
No. of hands : 176
Left with : $15.08+3.43+0
Closing balance : $82.18
Running total: -$24.92/630
-249ptbb/630
One of the tables (the one where I ground out a medium profit) I was playing pretty well. The one I busted on, I was playing pretty LAG. It wasn't dreadful, I was just getting into too many pots and then not getting out of them. This is an example of that; it's not terrible, but when you limp/call/call a lot, it adds up over time. Raise up or stand up, that should be my motto.
YagaS posts small blind [$0.05 USD].
anabella444 posts big blind [$0.10 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ Js 3s ]
1 fold
FishyFlops calls [$0.10 USD]
2 folds
vonschlagt calls [$0.10 USD]
3 folds
YagaS calls [$0.05 USD]
anabella444 checks
** Dealing Flop ** [ Jc, Kh, Ks ]
YagaS bets [$0.30 USD]
1 fold
FishyFlops calls [$0.30 USD]
1 fold
** Dealing Turn ** [ Tc ]
YagaS checks
FishyFlops checks
** Dealing River ** [ Ts ]
YagaS checks
FishyFlops bets [$0.60 USD]
YagaS calls [$0.60 USD]
FishyFlops shows [ Th, Kc ]a full house, Kings full of Tens.
YagaS doesn't show [ Js, 3s ]two pairs, Kings and Jacks.
FishyFlops wins $2.09 USD from the main pot with a full house, Kings full of Tens.
And at no point can I really see where I went wrong. Of course, this isn't a nightmare, I lose about a dollar, but the point is that I shouldn't have been in there. J3s is outside my tight range, and limping a hand with crappy prospects (4th nut flush FTW!) isn't good. Moving on...
This was the first hand from my good table.
Dealt to YagaS [ Ac Td ]
sofpaintball calls [$0.10 USD]
2 folds
YagaS raises [$0.30 USD]
4 fodls
sofpaintball calls [$0.30 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Th, 3s, Qd ]
sofpaintball bets [$0.20 USD]
YagaS calls [$0.20 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3h ]
sofpaintball bets [$0.50 USD]
YagaS calls [$0.50 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ Qc ]
sofpaintball bets [$0.40 USD]
YagaS calls [$0.40 USD]
sofpaintball shows [ Kd, Ts ]two pairs, Queens and Tens.
YagaS shows [ Ac, Td ]two pairs, Queens and Tens.
YagaS wins $3 USD from the main pot with two pairs, Queens and Tens with Ace kicker.
This guy overbet the pot on the previous hand (I sat down part way through) and that's all I knew about him, but it makes me think he's not afraid to put money out with nothing, and therefore might well bet weak holdings. I'm dubious about the turn call but it's pretty small at half-pot and I have a legitimate hand (kinda). The river made me more confident, as it paired the board again, but I felt raising would be too aggressive with what was a marginal hand for me.
And here we see someone posting out of position and losing to nine high.
Dealt to YagaS [ 9s 5c ]
2 folds
incredibl333 checks (posted out of turn)
2 folds
YagaS checks
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7c, Kc, Qh ]
2 checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ 8d ]
2 checks
** Dealing River ** [ Tc ]
2 checks
YagaS shows [ 9s, 5c ]high card King.
incredibl333 doesn't show [ 2s, 6c ]high card King.
That's just how hot I was running on that table (my winning table; the cards were with me a little bit, but I was winning a procession of small pots rather than a few big ones.)
And here's me going bust on one table. I'd just lost most of my stack on a semi-bluff (two high cards on a rag board and he calls with bottom pair. Should've stopped betting after he called the turn, but that's no fun)
sap_bro posts small blind [$0.05 USD].
YagaS posts big blind [$0.10 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ Th Td ]
2 folds
kam1984 raises [$0.40 USD]
1 fold
vonschlagt calls [$0.40 USD]
HansPauli111 calls [$0.40 USD]
katou25 calls [$0.40 USD]
1 fold
YagaS is all-In [$3.36 USD]
kam1984 calls [$3.06 USD]
2 folds
katou25 calls [$3.06 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8s, 8c, 5d ]
kam1984 bets [$5 USD]
katou25 calls [$5 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 7s ]
kam1984 bets [$1.90 USD]
katou25 is all-In [$2.82 USD]
kam1984 is all-In [$0.49 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ Qc ]
kam1984 shows [ Jc, Js ]two pairs, Jacks and Eights.
katou25 shows [ 7h, 7c ]a full house, Sevens full of Eights.
YagaS doesn't show [ Th, Td ]two pairs, Tens and Eights.
I was hoping to steal there, or run into smaller pairs or big overcards. None of those happened. Oh well. Could've played this better, but even had I flat called, I'm not escaping that flop.
The table I played well, I was really happy with. The other two, not so much.
Buy in : $10+10+10 (3 tables)
No. of hands : 176
Left with : $15.08+3.43+0
Closing balance : $82.18
Running total: -$24.92/630
-249ptbb/630
One of the tables (the one where I ground out a medium profit) I was playing pretty well. The one I busted on, I was playing pretty LAG. It wasn't dreadful, I was just getting into too many pots and then not getting out of them. This is an example of that; it's not terrible, but when you limp/call/call a lot, it adds up over time. Raise up or stand up, that should be my motto.
YagaS posts small blind [$0.05 USD].
anabella444 posts big blind [$0.10 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ Js 3s ]
1 fold
FishyFlops calls [$0.10 USD]
2 folds
vonschlagt calls [$0.10 USD]
3 folds
YagaS calls [$0.05 USD]
anabella444 checks
** Dealing Flop ** [ Jc, Kh, Ks ]
YagaS bets [$0.30 USD]
1 fold
FishyFlops calls [$0.30 USD]
1 fold
** Dealing Turn ** [ Tc ]
YagaS checks
FishyFlops checks
** Dealing River ** [ Ts ]
YagaS checks
FishyFlops bets [$0.60 USD]
YagaS calls [$0.60 USD]
FishyFlops shows [ Th, Kc ]a full house, Kings full of Tens.
YagaS doesn't show [ Js, 3s ]two pairs, Kings and Jacks.
FishyFlops wins $2.09 USD from the main pot with a full house, Kings full of Tens.
And at no point can I really see where I went wrong. Of course, this isn't a nightmare, I lose about a dollar, but the point is that I shouldn't have been in there. J3s is outside my tight range, and limping a hand with crappy prospects (4th nut flush FTW!) isn't good. Moving on...
This was the first hand from my good table.
Dealt to YagaS [ Ac Td ]
sofpaintball calls [$0.10 USD]
2 folds
YagaS raises [$0.30 USD]
4 fodls
sofpaintball calls [$0.30 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Th, 3s, Qd ]
sofpaintball bets [$0.20 USD]
YagaS calls [$0.20 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3h ]
sofpaintball bets [$0.50 USD]
YagaS calls [$0.50 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ Qc ]
sofpaintball bets [$0.40 USD]
YagaS calls [$0.40 USD]
sofpaintball shows [ Kd, Ts ]two pairs, Queens and Tens.
YagaS shows [ Ac, Td ]two pairs, Queens and Tens.
YagaS wins $3 USD from the main pot with two pairs, Queens and Tens with Ace kicker.
This guy overbet the pot on the previous hand (I sat down part way through) and that's all I knew about him, but it makes me think he's not afraid to put money out with nothing, and therefore might well bet weak holdings. I'm dubious about the turn call but it's pretty small at half-pot and I have a legitimate hand (kinda). The river made me more confident, as it paired the board again, but I felt raising would be too aggressive with what was a marginal hand for me.
And here we see someone posting out of position and losing to nine high.
Dealt to YagaS [ 9s 5c ]
2 folds
incredibl333 checks (posted out of turn)
2 folds
YagaS checks
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7c, Kc, Qh ]
2 checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ 8d ]
2 checks
** Dealing River ** [ Tc ]
2 checks
YagaS shows [ 9s, 5c ]high card King.
incredibl333 doesn't show [ 2s, 6c ]high card King.
That's just how hot I was running on that table (my winning table; the cards were with me a little bit, but I was winning a procession of small pots rather than a few big ones.)
And here's me going bust on one table. I'd just lost most of my stack on a semi-bluff (two high cards on a rag board and he calls with bottom pair. Should've stopped betting after he called the turn, but that's no fun)
sap_bro posts small blind [$0.05 USD].
YagaS posts big blind [$0.10 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ Th Td ]
2 folds
kam1984 raises [$0.40 USD]
1 fold
vonschlagt calls [$0.40 USD]
HansPauli111 calls [$0.40 USD]
katou25 calls [$0.40 USD]
1 fold
YagaS is all-In [$3.36 USD]
kam1984 calls [$3.06 USD]
2 folds
katou25 calls [$3.06 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8s, 8c, 5d ]
kam1984 bets [$5 USD]
katou25 calls [$5 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 7s ]
kam1984 bets [$1.90 USD]
katou25 is all-In [$2.82 USD]
kam1984 is all-In [$0.49 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ Qc ]
kam1984 shows [ Jc, Js ]two pairs, Jacks and Eights.
katou25 shows [ 7h, 7c ]a full house, Sevens full of Eights.
YagaS doesn't show [ Th, Td ]two pairs, Tens and Eights.
I was hoping to steal there, or run into smaller pairs or big overcards. None of those happened. Oh well. Could've played this better, but even had I flat called, I'm not escaping that flop.
The table I played well, I was really happy with. The other two, not so much.
Saturday, May 19, 2007
.05/.10 NLH LH 18/5/07
Opening balance: $92.63
Buy in : $10+10
No. of hands : 81
Left with : $9.73+11.31
Closing balance : $93.67
Running total: -$13.43/454
-134ptbb/454
Damn short sessions. I'm sure they don't really help my play. Or my bankroll. Was doing pretty well yesterday after a few early hiccups (Q high four-flush vs. A high for half a stack, couple of overplayed A-small, K-small suited) but I made it back with a little profit by playing well for the rest of the session. I think I made more value with my good hands than I was before. If only the session had lasted longer.
Buy in : $10+10
No. of hands : 81
Left with : $9.73+11.31
Closing balance : $93.67
Running total: -$13.43/454
-134ptbb/454
Damn short sessions. I'm sure they don't really help my play. Or my bankroll. Was doing pretty well yesterday after a few early hiccups (Q high four-flush vs. A high for half a stack, couple of overplayed A-small, K-small suited) but I made it back with a little profit by playing well for the rest of the session. I think I made more value with my good hands than I was before. If only the session had lasted longer.
Thursday, May 17, 2007
.05/.10 NLH LH 17/5/07
Opening balance: $117.63
Buy in : $10+10+5
No. of hands : 145
Left with : $0+0
Closing balance : $92.63
Running total: -$14.47/373
-145ptbb/373
Here fishy fishy fishy.
This is what happens when I don't play tight. When I start thinking I can outplay people so it's ok to call 4BB with K4o. It's not ok to do that. It is ok to be very tight and very aggressive. And when I did that, I won big pots and lost small ones. But when I decided to be clever, I ended up being broke. Someday I'll learn.
Buy in : $10+10+5
No. of hands : 145
Left with : $0+0
Closing balance : $92.63
Running total: -$14.47/373
-145ptbb/373
Here fishy fishy fishy.
This is what happens when I don't play tight. When I start thinking I can outplay people so it's ok to call 4BB with K4o. It's not ok to do that. It is ok to be very tight and very aggressive. And when I did that, I won big pots and lost small ones. But when I decided to be clever, I ended up being broke. Someday I'll learn.
.05/.10 NLH LH 16/5/07 (2)
Opening balance: $111.44
Buy in : $10+10
No. of hands : 73
Left with : $14.15+12.04
Closing balance : $117.63
Running total: +$10.53/228
+105ptbb/228
Short session. Would've played longer but the tables broke up and most of the others were 4 or 5 handed and I didn't want to play like that. Not much to say about the session. Table with the biggest win I only really played AQ, AA, JT and A9s. The less winning table, I picked up more drawing hands and no big hands except AT. Lost with a few draws, split with one straight in a three-way pot to come even and won an all in against a short-stacked maniac with AT on the last hand.
Happy with my play overall. Hopefully I can keep this up for more than two hundred something hands.
Buy in : $10+10
No. of hands : 73
Left with : $14.15+12.04
Closing balance : $117.63
Running total: +$10.53/228
+105ptbb/228
Short session. Would've played longer but the tables broke up and most of the others were 4 or 5 handed and I didn't want to play like that. Not much to say about the session. Table with the biggest win I only really played AQ, AA, JT and A9s. The less winning table, I picked up more drawing hands and no big hands except AT. Lost with a few draws, split with one straight in a three-way pot to come even and won an all in against a short-stacked maniac with AT on the last hand.
Happy with my play overall. Hopefully I can keep this up for more than two hundred something hands.
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
.05/.10 NLH LH 16/5/07
Opening balance: $107.10
Buy in : $10
No. of hands : 155
Left with : $14.34
Closing balance : $111.44
Running total: +$4.34/155
+43ptbb/155
TAG micro play works. And today I was actually playing tight. Made a couple of late position steals but only with half-hands, not pure air. Generally it was solid hands pre-flop, solid hands postflop. Ground my way to about $14, then lost half my stack with top two against bottom set (again). Worked my way up to about $17, dropped $7 with top set on a dry board to a rivered flush. Clawed my ay back to $15 and left not long after.
Overall, I played well almost all of the time. Only one hand that I wasn't happy with. Check it out.
Seat 6: Maek151 ( $16 USD )
Seat 3: YagaS ( $9.93 USD )
Seat 2: Antti313 ( $10.40 USD )
Seat 4: SoulAce666 ( $1.05 USD )
Seat 1: KOSSI54 ( $4.98 USD )
Seat 9: FroimG ( $1.65 USD )
Seat 5: Loffio ( $5.69 USD )
Seat 8: ChrisD1337 ( $4.70 USD )
Seat 7: v0riel ( $1.90 USD )
Seat 10: AlexK1987 ( $10.91 USD )
KOSSI54 posts small blind [$0.05 USD].
Antti313 posts big blind [$0.10 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ As Ad ]
YagaS calls [$0.10 USD]
SoulAce666 calls [$0.10 USD]
Loffio calls [$0.10 USD]
Maek151 calls [$0.10 USD]
1 fold
ChrisD1337 calls [$0.10 USD]
2 folds
KOSSI54 calls [$0.05 USD]
Antti313 checks
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7h, Qc, Jd ]
KOSSI54 checks
Antti313 checks
YagaS bets [$0.45 USD]
SoulAce666 calls [$0.45 USD]
Loffio folds
Maek151 calls [$0.45 USD]
ChrisD1337 calls [$0.45 USD]
KOSSI54 raises [$1 USD]
Antti313 folds
YagaS is all-In [$9.38 USD]
SoulAce666 folds
Maek151 folds
ChrisD1337 folds
KOSSI54 is all-In [$3.88 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6s ]
** Dealing River ** [ 7s ]
KOSSI54 shows [ 2d, Qd ]two pairs, Queens and Sevens.
YagaS shows [ As, Ad ]two pairs, Aces and Sevens.
YagaS wins $4.95 USD from side pot #1 with two pairs, Aces and Sevens.
YagaS wins $11.22 USD from the main pot with two pairs, Aces and Sevens
Pre-flop, I'm trying to keep my customers and hoping someone will raise for me. It doesn't happen, and I end up in a world of pain as everyone and his dog comes along for the ride. Flop isn't too horrible (no straights, no flushes or flush draws). Of course, there could be a two pair, but with the value the last button and the blinds are getting, any hand is worth a call so any flop could be two pair. I have to bet the flop, and then I reraise because I doubt he has a hand that beats mine, and I want to make him pay to hit his kicker. Probably better to raise preflop, though.
I know it's only one session, but I feel good about this. It's a win at least.
Buy in : $10
No. of hands : 155
Left with : $14.34
Closing balance : $111.44
Running total: +$4.34/155
+43ptbb/155
TAG micro play works. And today I was actually playing tight. Made a couple of late position steals but only with half-hands, not pure air. Generally it was solid hands pre-flop, solid hands postflop. Ground my way to about $14, then lost half my stack with top two against bottom set (again). Worked my way up to about $17, dropped $7 with top set on a dry board to a rivered flush. Clawed my ay back to $15 and left not long after.
Overall, I played well almost all of the time. Only one hand that I wasn't happy with. Check it out.
Seat 6: Maek151 ( $16 USD )
Seat 3: YagaS ( $9.93 USD )
Seat 2: Antti313 ( $10.40 USD )
Seat 4: SoulAce666 ( $1.05 USD )
Seat 1: KOSSI54 ( $4.98 USD )
Seat 9: FroimG ( $1.65 USD )
Seat 5: Loffio ( $5.69 USD )
Seat 8: ChrisD1337 ( $4.70 USD )
Seat 7: v0riel ( $1.90 USD )
Seat 10: AlexK1987 ( $10.91 USD )
KOSSI54 posts small blind [$0.05 USD].
Antti313 posts big blind [$0.10 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ As Ad ]
YagaS calls [$0.10 USD]
SoulAce666 calls [$0.10 USD]
Loffio calls [$0.10 USD]
Maek151 calls [$0.10 USD]
1 fold
ChrisD1337 calls [$0.10 USD]
2 folds
KOSSI54 calls [$0.05 USD]
Antti313 checks
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7h, Qc, Jd ]
KOSSI54 checks
Antti313 checks
YagaS bets [$0.45 USD]
SoulAce666 calls [$0.45 USD]
Loffio folds
Maek151 calls [$0.45 USD]
ChrisD1337 calls [$0.45 USD]
KOSSI54 raises [$1 USD]
Antti313 folds
YagaS is all-In [$9.38 USD]
SoulAce666 folds
Maek151 folds
ChrisD1337 folds
KOSSI54 is all-In [$3.88 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6s ]
** Dealing River ** [ 7s ]
KOSSI54 shows [ 2d, Qd ]two pairs, Queens and Sevens.
YagaS shows [ As, Ad ]two pairs, Aces and Sevens.
YagaS wins $4.95 USD from side pot #1 with two pairs, Aces and Sevens.
YagaS wins $11.22 USD from the main pot with two pairs, Aces and Sevens
Pre-flop, I'm trying to keep my customers and hoping someone will raise for me. It doesn't happen, and I end up in a world of pain as everyone and his dog comes along for the ride. Flop isn't too horrible (no straights, no flushes or flush draws). Of course, there could be a two pair, but with the value the last button and the blinds are getting, any hand is worth a call so any flop could be two pair. I have to bet the flop, and then I reraise because I doubt he has a hand that beats mine, and I want to make him pay to hit his kicker. Probably better to raise preflop, though.
I know it's only one session, but I feel good about this. It's a win at least.
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
£10+0 SNG 15/5/07
Uni Bankroll
Current win/loss : -£20
Number of entries: 2
Cashes : 0
Another less than stellar performance, but it could've been much worse. At least, I don't feel I did badly, only lost one of those hands that happen every day.
Starting stacks of 3K, 10 players. Only two interesting hands. The first, I hold AQ and reraise preflop against a player I know is loose. He bets the flop of JQ7, I shove all in. He thinks for a while then folds, with encouragement from me (I'm confident I'm ahead, but also think he has something, so I'm ok with either a fold or a call). He shows KTo and rabbit hunts an 8 and a 9.
Next hand I hold 89h in second position. Under the gun limps, I limp, cut off limps, button limps, small blind folds, big blind checks. Pot of 550, I have 3500 behind, main villain, the button, has me covered by about 1200. Flop comes T84 rainbow.
The big blind, a very conservative, passive player, checks, as does the first limper. Trying to take it down, I fire off 500. Cut off folds, button raises to 1500. He's come over the top of me twice before on the flop, although this is the first time I've been betting with a genuine hand. In addition, he busted the first guy out with top two pair, where he minraised. He also minraised me both of the times he came over the top. I think at this point he has nothing, or at least not something very strong like TT or even AT. I'm thinking a big ace, a weak T or an 8.
Folds back to me and I raise back for 3K total. I'm left with 500 back, which might have been a mistake. It has no further benefit in this hand unless I hit one of my outs and get it in for a call. It's also only 5 big blinds so I'll be down to push/fold for a long time.
Otto, the villain, thinks for a long time. There's 550 from preflop, 1500 from him, 3000 from me for 5050 in the pot, and him having to call 1500. He does call, the turn is an under to my 8, we check, and the river is a king. I check, he bets me all in. I think I'm behind but I can't really fold.
He turns AK and I go home.
Later, I pondered my play. Essentially, I picked a hand to make a stand against the bully. I was ahead going in, although he had thin odds to call me if he put me on a pair with no A or K and could rely on me putting in my last 500. Had I put my last 500 in on the turn, he would not have had the odds.
Two other hands where I may have played badly.
About 15 hands in, blinds 50/100. I'm in the big blind and second to act raises to 300. Dan, the raiser, is very tight preflop, so I can put him on a range like JJ+, AQs+, AKo. It folds to me and I find AKs.
My first instinct is to raise it up. AKs is a raising hand, and if I make it something like 1200, he'll fold the unpaired hands, and maybe even JJ, QQ. He'll definitely call or come over the top with AA/KK. For the post-flop, I know he'll continuation bet if I check to him, giving me good implied odds if I hit my A or flush draw (he'd probably check behind if it was all spades). I also know that he knows I like to call in the big blind and make a bet on the flop to take control, and I know he's capable of coming over the top of me in that situation (for that reason, I'd give him a much wider range if he was in late position. He's tight, but he loves to make plays against me.) So whatever happens, I need to hit the flop in order to play this hand. Not wanting to risk a big pile of chips with a race hand, I call and check/fold when I miss the flop.
Second hand, I have AK again (actually, this was before the previous one. Never mind). I make it 150 to go (blinds of 50/50) and get called by the small blind. He's tight, passive when he misses and very aggressive when he hits. It's quite easy normally to know when you're behind. I don't know if he remembers, but two weeks ago I 3-bet him off TPTK on the flop with TPTK (which I showed, after he showed). We check the J-rag-rag flop, he bets 150 on the rag turn. I suspect I'm behind and needing to hit a K on the river, but this would be the third hand in about six that I'd raised pre-flop and given up post flop. This might be making me look like a tight player, or I might be looking like a weak-tight donkeyfish. I decide I can't fold again or my image will be trashed and I call. The river is an A. Suspecting two pair, I check, he checks behind and I show the winning hand.
I tried to justify the play to myself on the basis of image protection and my implied odds (which were nowhere near good enough, but helped). That it was a small pot was also good, as it meant my mistake, if that's what it was, was only a small one. Also, I thought that, against this particular villain, the likelihood of a bet on the end was quite low. I think I'd make the call again if I had to. Just not sure it was a good one.
Current win/loss : -£20
Number of entries: 2
Cashes : 0
Another less than stellar performance, but it could've been much worse. At least, I don't feel I did badly, only lost one of those hands that happen every day.
Starting stacks of 3K, 10 players. Only two interesting hands. The first, I hold AQ and reraise preflop against a player I know is loose. He bets the flop of JQ7, I shove all in. He thinks for a while then folds, with encouragement from me (I'm confident I'm ahead, but also think he has something, so I'm ok with either a fold or a call). He shows KTo and rabbit hunts an 8 and a 9.
Next hand I hold 89h in second position. Under the gun limps, I limp, cut off limps, button limps, small blind folds, big blind checks. Pot of 550, I have 3500 behind, main villain, the button, has me covered by about 1200. Flop comes T84 rainbow.
The big blind, a very conservative, passive player, checks, as does the first limper. Trying to take it down, I fire off 500. Cut off folds, button raises to 1500. He's come over the top of me twice before on the flop, although this is the first time I've been betting with a genuine hand. In addition, he busted the first guy out with top two pair, where he minraised. He also minraised me both of the times he came over the top. I think at this point he has nothing, or at least not something very strong like TT or even AT. I'm thinking a big ace, a weak T or an 8.
Folds back to me and I raise back for 3K total. I'm left with 500 back, which might have been a mistake. It has no further benefit in this hand unless I hit one of my outs and get it in for a call. It's also only 5 big blinds so I'll be down to push/fold for a long time.
Otto, the villain, thinks for a long time. There's 550 from preflop, 1500 from him, 3000 from me for 5050 in the pot, and him having to call 1500. He does call, the turn is an under to my 8, we check, and the river is a king. I check, he bets me all in. I think I'm behind but I can't really fold.
He turns AK and I go home.
Later, I pondered my play. Essentially, I picked a hand to make a stand against the bully. I was ahead going in, although he had thin odds to call me if he put me on a pair with no A or K and could rely on me putting in my last 500. Had I put my last 500 in on the turn, he would not have had the odds.
Two other hands where I may have played badly.
About 15 hands in, blinds 50/100. I'm in the big blind and second to act raises to 300. Dan, the raiser, is very tight preflop, so I can put him on a range like JJ+, AQs+, AKo. It folds to me and I find AKs.
My first instinct is to raise it up. AKs is a raising hand, and if I make it something like 1200, he'll fold the unpaired hands, and maybe even JJ, QQ. He'll definitely call or come over the top with AA/KK. For the post-flop, I know he'll continuation bet if I check to him, giving me good implied odds if I hit my A or flush draw (he'd probably check behind if it was all spades). I also know that he knows I like to call in the big blind and make a bet on the flop to take control, and I know he's capable of coming over the top of me in that situation (for that reason, I'd give him a much wider range if he was in late position. He's tight, but he loves to make plays against me.) So whatever happens, I need to hit the flop in order to play this hand. Not wanting to risk a big pile of chips with a race hand, I call and check/fold when I miss the flop.
Second hand, I have AK again (actually, this was before the previous one. Never mind). I make it 150 to go (blinds of 50/50) and get called by the small blind. He's tight, passive when he misses and very aggressive when he hits. It's quite easy normally to know when you're behind. I don't know if he remembers, but two weeks ago I 3-bet him off TPTK on the flop with TPTK (which I showed, after he showed). We check the J-rag-rag flop, he bets 150 on the rag turn. I suspect I'm behind and needing to hit a K on the river, but this would be the third hand in about six that I'd raised pre-flop and given up post flop. This might be making me look like a tight player, or I might be looking like a weak-tight donkeyfish. I decide I can't fold again or my image will be trashed and I call. The river is an A. Suspecting two pair, I check, he checks behind and I show the winning hand.
I tried to justify the play to myself on the basis of image protection and my implied odds (which were nowhere near good enough, but helped). That it was a small pot was also good, as it meant my mistake, if that's what it was, was only a small one. Also, I thought that, against this particular villain, the likelihood of a bet on the end was quite low. I think I'd make the call again if I had to. Just not sure it was a good one.
Monday, May 14, 2007
.10/.25 NLH LH 14/5/07
Opening balance: $139.09 (Down $12 from yesterday after a failed sattelite to the 330K Gtd)
Buy in : $48
No. of hands : 98
Left with : $16.01
Closing balance : $107.10
Running total: -$138.84/369
-557ptbb/271
The first table I was on, I was winning handily after a time. I lost most of my first stack after bluffing back at the maniac the one time he really had a hand. I managed to work back from $24 to almost $48 and back to $41 before it broke up. Switched tables and the new one was not so friendly. Both were limp happy, but the second had way more aggression post-flop. Eventually I lost my stack overplaying top pair and getting hammered by a set.
And that's my problem. I can win a series of small and medium sized pots and then I lose it all on one big hand. I play too many hands. On a table like those I had today, I limp a lot behind other limpers, then can't extract my self or control the pot when I catch a small piece of the flop. I'm a bad player. I have taken a number of bad beats recently, but not so much that it justifies the huge losses I've sustained. Losing $300 dollars in less than a thousand hands of .25/.50 and .10/.25 is dreadful. And it hurts.
I remember when I started playing, about three and a half years ago, I thought I knew it all. I was a big fish in pool of even bigger fishes. After a few months, I learnt some things by myself and some other things from my friend Stef (basic position, hand selection, bet sizing etc.) and thought I was great. As it happened, I was better than the people I was playing with. Then I turned 18 and started playing online. For a while, I couldn't believe how unlucky I was. All these donks kept beating me!
From there, I gradually came to realise that I was losing because I was bad. I stopped playing for a few months, came back, lost some more. Finally, I went looking for help. I found Ptips and realised that I was virtually clueless. I learned, I got better, I started winning. Then the bubble burst. I lost more, and more, and more. Then I stopped for a while.
I picked it up again and started this blog. I decided to stop reloading, to try and play within my roll and to closely monitor my progress. And yet, here we are. I'm throwing money away, I'm spewing everywhere and I feel like shit.
Maybe I can't take the variance. I do have a fairly LAG style, which brings with it big swings. Even when I try to contain myself, I don't become TAG, I become loose-passive pre-flop and a bluffing machine post flop. I can't take the variance, I hate losing and I'm not well-off enough to pour money in.
As of now, I'm down another level. .05/.10 NLH LH. I still have ten buy-ins for that, but I'm thinking I should change my plans. If I am prone to big swings, it's possible I'll hit a big upswing soon. If I simply aim at an amount of money, I might move up before I'm ready. So instead of aiming at an amount of money, I'll aim to be above 7ptbb/100 after 15K hands. It'll take me a long time to grind my way up from here, but if I should manage to establish myself as a fundamental winner at this low level (which will come as a result of solid play) I'll relax the restrictions when moving back up to .25/.50.
And in the meantime, I'll study the fundamentals again. I'll go back to the beginning, refresh myself, try and learn from scratch. I'm smart, I love the game and I used to be a winner. I can do this!
Buy in : $48
No. of hands : 98
Left with : $16.01
Closing balance : $107.10
Running total: -$138.84/369
-557ptbb/271
The first table I was on, I was winning handily after a time. I lost most of my first stack after bluffing back at the maniac the one time he really had a hand. I managed to work back from $24 to almost $48 and back to $41 before it broke up. Switched tables and the new one was not so friendly. Both were limp happy, but the second had way more aggression post-flop. Eventually I lost my stack overplaying top pair and getting hammered by a set.
And that's my problem. I can win a series of small and medium sized pots and then I lose it all on one big hand. I play too many hands. On a table like those I had today, I limp a lot behind other limpers, then can't extract my self or control the pot when I catch a small piece of the flop. I'm a bad player. I have taken a number of bad beats recently, but not so much that it justifies the huge losses I've sustained. Losing $300 dollars in less than a thousand hands of .25/.50 and .10/.25 is dreadful. And it hurts.
I remember when I started playing, about three and a half years ago, I thought I knew it all. I was a big fish in pool of even bigger fishes. After a few months, I learnt some things by myself and some other things from my friend Stef (basic position, hand selection, bet sizing etc.) and thought I was great. As it happened, I was better than the people I was playing with. Then I turned 18 and started playing online. For a while, I couldn't believe how unlucky I was. All these donks kept beating me!
From there, I gradually came to realise that I was losing because I was bad. I stopped playing for a few months, came back, lost some more. Finally, I went looking for help. I found Ptips and realised that I was virtually clueless. I learned, I got better, I started winning. Then the bubble burst. I lost more, and more, and more. Then I stopped for a while.
I picked it up again and started this blog. I decided to stop reloading, to try and play within my roll and to closely monitor my progress. And yet, here we are. I'm throwing money away, I'm spewing everywhere and I feel like shit.
Maybe I can't take the variance. I do have a fairly LAG style, which brings with it big swings. Even when I try to contain myself, I don't become TAG, I become loose-passive pre-flop and a bluffing machine post flop. I can't take the variance, I hate losing and I'm not well-off enough to pour money in.
As of now, I'm down another level. .05/.10 NLH LH. I still have ten buy-ins for that, but I'm thinking I should change my plans. If I am prone to big swings, it's possible I'll hit a big upswing soon. If I simply aim at an amount of money, I might move up before I'm ready. So instead of aiming at an amount of money, I'll aim to be above 7ptbb/100 after 15K hands. It'll take me a long time to grind my way up from here, but if I should manage to establish myself as a fundamental winner at this low level (which will come as a result of solid play) I'll relax the restrictions when moving back up to .25/.50.
And in the meantime, I'll study the fundamentals again. I'll go back to the beginning, refresh myself, try and learn from scratch. I'm smart, I love the game and I used to be a winner. I can do this!
Sunday, May 13, 2007
$5+1 MTT 13/5/07
Opening balance: $157.09
Buy in : $5+1
No. of hands : 44
Left with : $0
Closing balance : $151.09
Running total: -$6/1
Decided to throw an MTT into the mix today. Only hung around for a couple of blind levels. Tried to catch some big flops, managed a couple but as usually happens, I wasn't able to get a huge stack. Busted out on a bad river, calling top pair on a draw light board against a big-stack loose player and losing to a straight on the river.
Buy in : $5+1
No. of hands : 44
Left with : $0
Closing balance : $151.09
Running total: -$6/1
Decided to throw an MTT into the mix today. Only hung around for a couple of blind levels. Tried to catch some big flops, managed a couple but as usually happens, I wasn't able to get a huge stack. Busted out on a bad river, calling top pair on a draw light board against a big-stack loose player and losing to a straight on the river.
.10/.25 NLH LH 13/5/07
Opening balance: $263.94
Buy in : $131.60 (total)
No. of hands : 271
Left with : $24.75
Closing balance : $157.09
Running total: -$106.85/271
-467ptbb/271
This is ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous. I did play badly at times but got coolered a disgusting number of times. Set over set, nut flush against full house, king-high flush against Ace high flush, TT into JJ, KK into AA, losing with AA against KK/QQ. I know I'm not a fantastic player and never have been, but now I'm starting to think I can't even play at all. I tried to be tight and wait for good cards, a safe and normally successful low-limit, long hand table. It doesn't help much, though, when you get beaten all over the place.
A hand where I played badly.
Seat 8: speedstar83 ( $23.65 USD )
Seat 7: YagaS ( $59.45 USD )
Heidor posts small blind [$0.10 USD].
nihilicus posts big blind [$0.25 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ 8d 9s ]
6 folds
YagaS calls [$0.25 USD]
speedstar83 raises [$1 USD]
2 folds
YagaS calls [$0.75 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8h, Ac, Ah ]
YagaS bets [$1.25 USD]
speedstar83 raises [$3 USD]
YagaS calls [$1.75 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ts ]
YagaS bets [$5 USD]
speedstar83 is all-In [$19.65 USD]
YagaS calls [$14.65 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 6d ]
YagaS shows [ 8d, 9s ]two pairs, Aces and Eights.
speedstar83 shows [ As, Kh ]three of a kind, Aces.
speedstar83 wins $45.30 USD from the main pot with three of a kind, Aces.
At this point in the session I'm actually doing well. I took a big pot off this villain when I had QQ vs. AQ on Q98 not very long ago. He's been playing at me a lot, taking a number of small pots without showing down. He's been loose and active, so I'm not giving him much credit here. The best point for me to let go would be on the turn when he shoves, but by then I'm hung up on not getting shoved around and I'm still feeling the little hot streak I've been on.
That was absolutely the worst hand of the session. Here are two that went well.
Seat 9: YagaS ( $22.35 USD )
Seat 4: Broki7 ( $11.55 USD )
Seat 1: rastabit ( $13.23 USD )
Seat 2: ChildinTime7 ( $30.22 USD )
Seat 7: RiverVince ( $9.15 USD )
Seat 10: Wendul81 ( $5 USD )
Seat 3: mega05111 ( $27.40 USD )
Seat 8: Friend499 ( $24.85 USD )
Seat 6: SickBlind ( $15.75 USD )
Seat 5: yackfou666 ( $8.25 USD )
ChildinTime7 posts small blind [$0.10 USD].
mega05111 posts big blind [$0.25 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ 8h Qc ]
4 folds
YagaS raises [$0.75 USD]
1 fold
rastabit calls [$0.75 USD]
1 fold
mega05111 calls [$0.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7h, 5h, 9d ]
mega05111 checks
YagaS bets [$1.50 USD]
rastabit raises [$3.50 USD]
1 fold
YagaS raises [$10.50 USD]
1 fold
YagaS does not show cards.
YagaS wins $16.90 USD
A steal that turned into a bluff. Picked my target and went for it, and by some miracle it worked.
Seat 8: speedstar83 ( $32.10 USD )
Seat 7: YagaS ( $27.45 USD )
Scraberr posts small blind [$0.10 USD].
amokoma2 posts big blind [$0.25 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ Qc Qd ]
4 folds
YagaS raises [$0.75 USD]
speedstar83 raises [$2.50 USD]
3 folds
YagaS raises [$6.25 USD]
speedstar83 calls [$4.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9d, Qs, 8c ]
YagaS bets [$1 USD]
speedstar83 raises [$5 USD]
YagaS raises [$10 USD]
speedstar83 is all-In [$20.10 USD]
YagaS is all-In [$9.45 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Kd ]
** Dealing River ** [ 9s ]
YagaS shows [ Qc, Qd ]a full house, Queens full of Nines.
speedstar83 shows [ Ad, Qh ]two pairs, Queens and Nines.
speedstar83 wins $4.65 USD from side pot #1 with two pairs, Queens and Nines.
YagaS wins $52.50 USD from the main pot with a full house, Queens full of Nines.
One big win, just a shame I threw it all away later on.
If I'm honest, I probably could have played a lot tighter. If I was being really tight, I'd have played maybe half of the hands I did. The problem is, I lost way more on the hands where I hit than on my steal attempts and sixth in value calls with 79s.
Buy in : $131.60 (total)
No. of hands : 271
Left with : $24.75
Closing balance : $157.09
Running total: -$106.85/271
-467ptbb/271
This is ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous. I did play badly at times but got coolered a disgusting number of times. Set over set, nut flush against full house, king-high flush against Ace high flush, TT into JJ, KK into AA, losing with AA against KK/QQ. I know I'm not a fantastic player and never have been, but now I'm starting to think I can't even play at all. I tried to be tight and wait for good cards, a safe and normally successful low-limit, long hand table. It doesn't help much, though, when you get beaten all over the place.
A hand where I played badly.
Seat 8: speedstar83 ( $23.65 USD )
Seat 7: YagaS ( $59.45 USD )
Heidor posts small blind [$0.10 USD].
nihilicus posts big blind [$0.25 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ 8d 9s ]
6 folds
YagaS calls [$0.25 USD]
speedstar83 raises [$1 USD]
2 folds
YagaS calls [$0.75 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8h, Ac, Ah ]
YagaS bets [$1.25 USD]
speedstar83 raises [$3 USD]
YagaS calls [$1.75 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ts ]
YagaS bets [$5 USD]
speedstar83 is all-In [$19.65 USD]
YagaS calls [$14.65 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 6d ]
YagaS shows [ 8d, 9s ]two pairs, Aces and Eights.
speedstar83 shows [ As, Kh ]three of a kind, Aces.
speedstar83 wins $45.30 USD from the main pot with three of a kind, Aces.
At this point in the session I'm actually doing well. I took a big pot off this villain when I had QQ vs. AQ on Q98 not very long ago. He's been playing at me a lot, taking a number of small pots without showing down. He's been loose and active, so I'm not giving him much credit here. The best point for me to let go would be on the turn when he shoves, but by then I'm hung up on not getting shoved around and I'm still feeling the little hot streak I've been on.
That was absolutely the worst hand of the session. Here are two that went well.
Seat 9: YagaS ( $22.35 USD )
Seat 4: Broki7 ( $11.55 USD )
Seat 1: rastabit ( $13.23 USD )
Seat 2: ChildinTime7 ( $30.22 USD )
Seat 7: RiverVince ( $9.15 USD )
Seat 10: Wendul81 ( $5 USD )
Seat 3: mega05111 ( $27.40 USD )
Seat 8: Friend499 ( $24.85 USD )
Seat 6: SickBlind ( $15.75 USD )
Seat 5: yackfou666 ( $8.25 USD )
ChildinTime7 posts small blind [$0.10 USD].
mega05111 posts big blind [$0.25 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ 8h Qc ]
4 folds
YagaS raises [$0.75 USD]
1 fold
rastabit calls [$0.75 USD]
1 fold
mega05111 calls [$0.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7h, 5h, 9d ]
mega05111 checks
YagaS bets [$1.50 USD]
rastabit raises [$3.50 USD]
1 fold
YagaS raises [$10.50 USD]
1 fold
YagaS does not show cards.
YagaS wins $16.90 USD
A steal that turned into a bluff. Picked my target and went for it, and by some miracle it worked.
Seat 8: speedstar83 ( $32.10 USD )
Seat 7: YagaS ( $27.45 USD )
Scraberr posts small blind [$0.10 USD].
amokoma2 posts big blind [$0.25 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ Qc Qd ]
4 folds
YagaS raises [$0.75 USD]
speedstar83 raises [$2.50 USD]
3 folds
YagaS raises [$6.25 USD]
speedstar83 calls [$4.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9d, Qs, 8c ]
YagaS bets [$1 USD]
speedstar83 raises [$5 USD]
YagaS raises [$10 USD]
speedstar83 is all-In [$20.10 USD]
YagaS is all-In [$9.45 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Kd ]
** Dealing River ** [ 9s ]
YagaS shows [ Qc, Qd ]a full house, Queens full of Nines.
speedstar83 shows [ Ad, Qh ]two pairs, Queens and Nines.
speedstar83 wins $4.65 USD from side pot #1 with two pairs, Queens and Nines.
YagaS wins $52.50 USD from the main pot with a full house, Queens full of Nines.
One big win, just a shame I threw it all away later on.
If I'm honest, I probably could have played a lot tighter. If I was being really tight, I'd have played maybe half of the hands I did. The problem is, I lost way more on the hands where I hit than on my steal attempts and sixth in value calls with 79s.
Saturday, May 12, 2007
.25/.50 NLH SH 12/5/07
Opening balance: $343.94
Buy in : $40.00 + $40.00
No. of hands : 130
Left with : $0
Closing balance : $263.94
Running total: -$136.25/488
-272ptbb/488
Well that sucks. Took a few days off to try and get my head together and shake the feeling that I'm going to lose money every time I sit down. It worked, but I lost anyway.
Looking at the reasons why, I'd have to say that it's a combination of not getting flops and of being on a table of deep stacked nutters. One in particular was raising and calling a lot, except when I bet. Not wanting to get caught in the middle of the loose play with weak cards, I tried to get in only with hands that could hit big hands (pocket pairs, connectors, suited aces). Most of them didn't hit a damn thing. I know that's not unusual, but when you're playing with a thin roll anyway it's a recipe for disaster. One important point I should learn is that there was little call for bluffing here. I think I saw too many flops when attempting to steal the blinds from early position. Against this kind of card-happy table, ultra tight is probably the most reliable strategy.
Let's look at some hands.
Total number of players : 6
Seat 2: eziquioLobao ( $59.15 USD )
Seat 3: djangoboy ( $115.50 USD )
Seat 4: gozer111222 ( $152.50 USD )
Seat 6: Katharina24 ( $68.50 USD )
Seat 5: YagaS ( $44.50 USD )
Seat 1: i_crumb_u ( $50 USD )
YagaS posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
Katharina24 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ 2s 4d ]
2 folds
djangoboy calls [$0.50 USD]
1 fold
YagaS calls [$0.25 USD]
Katharina24 checks
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4h, 2d, Kd ]
YagaS checks
Katharina24 checks
djangoboy checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ 9d ]
YagaS bets [$1.50 USD]
2 folds
YagaS does not show cards.
YagaS wins $2.95 USD
I would normally bet this flop for combined disguise and to deny flush draws, but I knew djangoboy was aggressive and may well bet here, in which case I'd come over the top and probably get paid off. For added value katharina would almost always bet with a king but not much else. The turn bet is for information, but as it turns out it killed any action I may have had.
Total number of players : 6
Seat 2: eziquioLobao ( $59.15 USD )
Seat 3: djangoboy ( $113.75 USD )
Seat 4: gozer111222 ( $186 USD )
Seat 6: Katharina24 ( $64.75 USD )
Seat 5: YagaS ( $45.45 USD )
Seat 1: i_crumb_u ( $45 USD )
gozer111222 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
YagaS posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ Js Tc ]
1 fold
i_crumb_u raises [$2 USD]
3 folds
YagaS calls [$1.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8c, 2s, Qh ]
YagaS bets [$3 USD]
i_crumb_u raises [$8 USD]
YagaS calls [$5 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 7d ]
YagaS bets [$15 USD]
i_crumb_u is all-In [$35 USD]
YagaS folds
i_crumb_u does not show cards.
i_crumb_u wins $67.75 USD
I've seen crumb let go in situations like this, a couple of times against djangoboy. I suspect the flop raise may be a play back at me, so I call to bet the flop. I think that looks stronger than betting it back on the flop. I also have a tight image, which might be working against me here. That flop doesn't hit many tight hands (AQ, pocket pairs) so he'll probably fancy any good cards here. That said, I saw him throw money around like there's no tomorrow, so maybe I just needed to accept that he wasn't going to fold to me.
Seat 2: eziquioLobao ( $68.35 USD )
Seat 3: djangoboy ( $91.52 USD )
Seat 4: gozer111222 ( $208.65 USD )
Seat 6: Katharina24 ( $54.15 USD )
Seat 5: YagaS ( $30.80 USD )
Seat 1: i_crumb_u ( $51.53 USD )
eziquioLobao posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
djangoboy posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ Qs Ad ]
1 fold
YagaS raises [$2 USD]
2 folds
eziquioLobao calls [$1.75 USD]
djangoboy calls [$1.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7c, 5h, 3h ]
3 checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ 5d ]
eziquioLobao bets [$4 USD]
1 fold
YagaS raises [$14 USD]
eziquioLobao calls [$10 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ Ks ]
eziquioLobao checks
YagaS checks
eziquioLobao shows [ Ah, 8h ]a pair of Fives.
YagaS shows [ Qs, Ad ]a pair of Fives.
YagaS wins $32.30 USD from the main pot with a pair of Fives with Queen kicker.
I doubt that flop hit anyone but djangoboy is too aggressive for me to want to bet with AQ. The paired turn either means I'm completely screwed or that it's a great bluffing spot that eziquioLobao is taking advantage of. Honestly, I think I might be too short to make that bet often, but I also think I have a reasonable chance to take it on the turn. Lobao was the second least insane of the players. There's too much chance I'll be checkraised or check/called and beaten for me to bet the river.
The next two hands cost me an entire buy-in between them. One is bad by me, one is just evil.
Seat 2: eziquioLobao ( $52.75 USD )
Seat 3: djangoboy ( $167.18 USD )
Seat 4: gozer111222 ( $202.72 USD )
Seat 6: Katharina24 ( $36.90 USD )
Seat 5: YagaS ( $19.80 USD )
Seat 1: i_crumb_u ( $77 USD )
YagaS posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
Katharina24 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ Qc 9c ]
i_crumb_u folds
eziquioLobao raises [$2 USD]
djangoboy calls [$2 USD]
gozer111222 calls [$2 USD]
YagaS calls [$1.75 USD]
Katharina24 folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2h, 9s, Td ]
YagaS bets [$6 USD]
eziquioLobao folds
djangoboy calls [$6 USD]
gozer111222 raises [$12 USD]
YagaS is all-In [$11.80 USD]
djangoboy calls [$11.80 USD]
gozer111222 calls [$5.80 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 8s ]
djangoboy checks
gozer111222 checks
** Dealing River ** [ Kc ]
djangoboy checks
gozer111222 checks
djangoboy shows [ Jd, 8h ]a pair of Eights.
gozer111222 shows [ Jh, Tc ]a pair of Tens.
YagaS doesn't show [ Qc, 9c ]a pair of Nines.
gozer111222 wins $58.90 USD from the main pot with a pair of Tens.
Pre-flop, I suppose I had the odds to call. Just about. The trouble with having thin odds pre-flop, limited by your stack, is that when you lose, unless you reload, your implied odds get increasingly thinner and you lose fold equity. On the flop, I'm doing that to spite them. The original bet is ok, I think, although I don't know how often they both fold. Maybe not often enough to make it profitable, but I'd do it again. With a call and a raise, second pair needs to be mucked.
Oh, and then there's this.
Seat 3: djangoboy ( $149.53 USD )
Seat 5: YagaS ( $17.84 USD )
Seat 6: ludoingels ( $68.40 USD )
Seat 1: corblimey111 ( $29.74 USD )
Seat 4: Aputty ( $36.42 USD )
Seat 2: xxx_Phantom_xxx ( $50.40 USD )
Aputty posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
YagaS posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ Ah Qs ]
ludoingels raises [$2 USD]
2 folds
djangoboy calls [$2 USD]
Aputty calls [$1.75 USD]
YagaS is all-In [$17.34 USD]
2 folds
Aputty calls [$15.84 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2d, 7d, Ad ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ac ]
** Dealing River ** [ 3d ]
Aputty shows [ 5s, Kd ]a flush, Ace high.
YagaS doesn't show [ Ah, Qs ]three of a kind, Aces.
Aputty wins $37.73 USD from the main pot with a flush, Ace high.
Let's start with my push. I think Aputty has a huge range here. Not as huge as he took to the showdown, but still. Djangoboy probably has something, but I don't think it's better than AQ very often, mostly he'll fold and sometimes I'll race a small pair. Same goes for ludoingels, except he'll have a slightly better range and will fold more of it.
Then, holy of holies, I hit the flop. And the turn. I'm going to win a big pot! Kd5s!? What the fuck is that? I know, I know, that's the kind of call I want to see here. I'll win this 65% of the time. But seriously, what the fuck is that?!
Wanker.
Anyway...
As you can see, my bankroll no longer looks like a bankroll. I'm sliding in the direction of Bustoville. Tomorrow, I move to .10/.25 full ring. While my bankroll is over $200, I'll 2-table and play very tight. If I go under $200, I'll single table. I'll come back up to .25/.50 and $40 buy-ins when I have $350 for half my sessions, then back full time once I'm over $400 again. I might go to full ring even when I come back up, or perhaps divide my time between short and long hand. I'll get outdrawn on that bridge when I come to it.
Buy in : $40.00 + $40.00
No. of hands : 130
Left with : $0
Closing balance : $263.94
Running total: -$136.25/488
-272ptbb/488
Well that sucks. Took a few days off to try and get my head together and shake the feeling that I'm going to lose money every time I sit down. It worked, but I lost anyway.
Looking at the reasons why, I'd have to say that it's a combination of not getting flops and of being on a table of deep stacked nutters. One in particular was raising and calling a lot, except when I bet. Not wanting to get caught in the middle of the loose play with weak cards, I tried to get in only with hands that could hit big hands (pocket pairs, connectors, suited aces). Most of them didn't hit a damn thing. I know that's not unusual, but when you're playing with a thin roll anyway it's a recipe for disaster. One important point I should learn is that there was little call for bluffing here. I think I saw too many flops when attempting to steal the blinds from early position. Against this kind of card-happy table, ultra tight is probably the most reliable strategy.
Let's look at some hands.
Total number of players : 6
Seat 2: eziquioLobao ( $59.15 USD )
Seat 3: djangoboy ( $115.50 USD )
Seat 4: gozer111222 ( $152.50 USD )
Seat 6: Katharina24 ( $68.50 USD )
Seat 5: YagaS ( $44.50 USD )
Seat 1: i_crumb_u ( $50 USD )
YagaS posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
Katharina24 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ 2s 4d ]
2 folds
djangoboy calls [$0.50 USD]
1 fold
YagaS calls [$0.25 USD]
Katharina24 checks
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4h, 2d, Kd ]
YagaS checks
Katharina24 checks
djangoboy checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ 9d ]
YagaS bets [$1.50 USD]
2 folds
YagaS does not show cards.
YagaS wins $2.95 USD
I would normally bet this flop for combined disguise and to deny flush draws, but I knew djangoboy was aggressive and may well bet here, in which case I'd come over the top and probably get paid off. For added value katharina would almost always bet with a king but not much else. The turn bet is for information, but as it turns out it killed any action I may have had.
Total number of players : 6
Seat 2: eziquioLobao ( $59.15 USD )
Seat 3: djangoboy ( $113.75 USD )
Seat 4: gozer111222 ( $186 USD )
Seat 6: Katharina24 ( $64.75 USD )
Seat 5: YagaS ( $45.45 USD )
Seat 1: i_crumb_u ( $45 USD )
gozer111222 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
YagaS posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ Js Tc ]
1 fold
i_crumb_u raises [$2 USD]
3 folds
YagaS calls [$1.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8c, 2s, Qh ]
YagaS bets [$3 USD]
i_crumb_u raises [$8 USD]
YagaS calls [$5 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 7d ]
YagaS bets [$15 USD]
i_crumb_u is all-In [$35 USD]
YagaS folds
i_crumb_u does not show cards.
i_crumb_u wins $67.75 USD
I've seen crumb let go in situations like this, a couple of times against djangoboy. I suspect the flop raise may be a play back at me, so I call to bet the flop. I think that looks stronger than betting it back on the flop. I also have a tight image, which might be working against me here. That flop doesn't hit many tight hands (AQ, pocket pairs) so he'll probably fancy any good cards here. That said, I saw him throw money around like there's no tomorrow, so maybe I just needed to accept that he wasn't going to fold to me.
Seat 2: eziquioLobao ( $68.35 USD )
Seat 3: djangoboy ( $91.52 USD )
Seat 4: gozer111222 ( $208.65 USD )
Seat 6: Katharina24 ( $54.15 USD )
Seat 5: YagaS ( $30.80 USD )
Seat 1: i_crumb_u ( $51.53 USD )
eziquioLobao posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
djangoboy posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ Qs Ad ]
1 fold
YagaS raises [$2 USD]
2 folds
eziquioLobao calls [$1.75 USD]
djangoboy calls [$1.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7c, 5h, 3h ]
3 checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ 5d ]
eziquioLobao bets [$4 USD]
1 fold
YagaS raises [$14 USD]
eziquioLobao calls [$10 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ Ks ]
eziquioLobao checks
YagaS checks
eziquioLobao shows [ Ah, 8h ]a pair of Fives.
YagaS shows [ Qs, Ad ]a pair of Fives.
YagaS wins $32.30 USD from the main pot with a pair of Fives with Queen kicker.
I doubt that flop hit anyone but djangoboy is too aggressive for me to want to bet with AQ. The paired turn either means I'm completely screwed or that it's a great bluffing spot that eziquioLobao is taking advantage of. Honestly, I think I might be too short to make that bet often, but I also think I have a reasonable chance to take it on the turn. Lobao was the second least insane of the players. There's too much chance I'll be checkraised or check/called and beaten for me to bet the river.
The next two hands cost me an entire buy-in between them. One is bad by me, one is just evil.
Seat 2: eziquioLobao ( $52.75 USD )
Seat 3: djangoboy ( $167.18 USD )
Seat 4: gozer111222 ( $202.72 USD )
Seat 6: Katharina24 ( $36.90 USD )
Seat 5: YagaS ( $19.80 USD )
Seat 1: i_crumb_u ( $77 USD )
YagaS posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
Katharina24 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ Qc 9c ]
i_crumb_u folds
eziquioLobao raises [$2 USD]
djangoboy calls [$2 USD]
gozer111222 calls [$2 USD]
YagaS calls [$1.75 USD]
Katharina24 folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2h, 9s, Td ]
YagaS bets [$6 USD]
eziquioLobao folds
djangoboy calls [$6 USD]
gozer111222 raises [$12 USD]
YagaS is all-In [$11.80 USD]
djangoboy calls [$11.80 USD]
gozer111222 calls [$5.80 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 8s ]
djangoboy checks
gozer111222 checks
** Dealing River ** [ Kc ]
djangoboy checks
gozer111222 checks
djangoboy shows [ Jd, 8h ]a pair of Eights.
gozer111222 shows [ Jh, Tc ]a pair of Tens.
YagaS doesn't show [ Qc, 9c ]a pair of Nines.
gozer111222 wins $58.90 USD from the main pot with a pair of Tens.
Pre-flop, I suppose I had the odds to call. Just about. The trouble with having thin odds pre-flop, limited by your stack, is that when you lose, unless you reload, your implied odds get increasingly thinner and you lose fold equity. On the flop, I'm doing that to spite them. The original bet is ok, I think, although I don't know how often they both fold. Maybe not often enough to make it profitable, but I'd do it again. With a call and a raise, second pair needs to be mucked.
Oh, and then there's this.
Seat 3: djangoboy ( $149.53 USD )
Seat 5: YagaS ( $17.84 USD )
Seat 6: ludoingels ( $68.40 USD )
Seat 1: corblimey111 ( $29.74 USD )
Seat 4: Aputty ( $36.42 USD )
Seat 2: xxx_Phantom_xxx ( $50.40 USD )
Aputty posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
YagaS posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ Ah Qs ]
ludoingels raises [$2 USD]
2 folds
djangoboy calls [$2 USD]
Aputty calls [$1.75 USD]
YagaS is all-In [$17.34 USD]
2 folds
Aputty calls [$15.84 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2d, 7d, Ad ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ac ]
** Dealing River ** [ 3d ]
Aputty shows [ 5s, Kd ]a flush, Ace high.
YagaS doesn't show [ Ah, Qs ]three of a kind, Aces.
Aputty wins $37.73 USD from the main pot with a flush, Ace high.
Let's start with my push. I think Aputty has a huge range here. Not as huge as he took to the showdown, but still. Djangoboy probably has something, but I don't think it's better than AQ very often, mostly he'll fold and sometimes I'll race a small pair. Same goes for ludoingels, except he'll have a slightly better range and will fold more of it.
Then, holy of holies, I hit the flop. And the turn. I'm going to win a big pot! Kd5s!? What the fuck is that? I know, I know, that's the kind of call I want to see here. I'll win this 65% of the time. But seriously, what the fuck is that?!
Wanker.
Anyway...
As you can see, my bankroll no longer looks like a bankroll. I'm sliding in the direction of Bustoville. Tomorrow, I move to .10/.25 full ring. While my bankroll is over $200, I'll 2-table and play very tight. If I go under $200, I'll single table. I'll come back up to .25/.50 and $40 buy-ins when I have $350 for half my sessions, then back full time once I'm over $400 again. I might go to full ring even when I come back up, or perhaps divide my time between short and long hand. I'll get outdrawn on that bridge when I come to it.
Thursday, May 10, 2007
.25/.50 NLH SH 9/5/07
Opening balance: $308.53
Buy in : $40.00
No. of hands : 141
Left with : $75.41
Closing balance : $343.94
Running total: -$56.25/358
-112ptbb/358
Tried another session for tonight. Still can't get action with good hands, although I did manage to give out a little less. A real grinders session, this one, with the occassional big swing hand to keep it interesting.
Was over $120 at one point, but lost with top two pair against the clown who called pot-size bets with the loser end of the gutshot. Was also pretty short at times, rivering an ace to give me two pair against a guy with KK. I'm not exactly ecstatic with my play tonight, but it could have been a lot worse. Profit is profit, at the end of the day. Think I'll take tomorrow off, I need to get my head together before I'll be in any fit state to come back to this. I can feel the lure of a big-game shot calling me. That'll sort my bankroll out.
Buy in : $40.00
No. of hands : 141
Left with : $75.41
Closing balance : $343.94
Running total: -$56.25/358
-112ptbb/358
Tried another session for tonight. Still can't get action with good hands, although I did manage to give out a little less. A real grinders session, this one, with the occassional big swing hand to keep it interesting.
Was over $120 at one point, but lost with top two pair against the clown who called pot-size bets with the loser end of the gutshot. Was also pretty short at times, rivering an ace to give me two pair against a guy with KK. I'm not exactly ecstatic with my play tonight, but it could have been a lot worse. Profit is profit, at the end of the day. Think I'll take tomorrow off, I need to get my head together before I'll be in any fit state to come back to this. I can feel the lure of a big-game shot calling me. That'll sort my bankroll out.
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
.25/.50 NLH SH 9/5/07
Opening balance: $428.53
Buy in : $40.00 + $40.00 + $40.00
No. of hands : 89
Left with : $0
Closing balance : $308.53
Running total: -$91.76/217
-183.5ptbb/217
Dreadful session. Utterly dreadful. Couldn't get action with good cards, could get action with bad cards. Lost top two vs. set on the flop, top two to a straight on the river, outkicked numerous times. Changed tables after the second buy in.
Then I starting doing well. Built up to $75ish, planning to stop when I hit $80. One buy in down is ok. After that, it all went wrong. Tried to bluff the maniac out in a blind vs. blind where I had KQ and it was obvious he wasn't going away. Lost about $40 in that one. Then tilt-4 bet with A8o (same hand I just lost to) and got mashed by AA. Very bad.
The first buy-in went half to a lack of luck, not getting any action except when I was behind. I bluffed off the second half as follows
Seat 5: YagaS ( $19.40 USD )
Seat 1: DrTMMG ( $50.75 USD )
kASSpar posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
DrTMMG posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ 4s Kh ]
3 folds
YagaS raises [$2 USD]
1 fold
DrTMMG raises [$6.50 USD]
YagaS is all-In [$17.40 USD]
DrTMMG calls [$12.40 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 5h, Td, 7h ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 2h ]
** Dealing River ** [ Jd ]
DrTMMG shows [ Ah, 8s ]high card Ace.
YagaS doesn't show [ 4s, Kh ]high card King.
DrTMMG wins $37.10 USD from the main pot with high card, Ace.
I don't like his calling me, obviously. Partly because I think he doesn't have a good enough hand, but I guess the thing there is, I should like people calling with bad hands like that and I should stop complaining just because he had my number.
Here goes the second buy-in about ten hands later:
Seat 4: walta888 ( $36.30 USD )
Seat 5: YagaS ( $41.75 USD )
Seat 2: Pokersaft ( $46.20 USD )
Seat 1: DrTMMG ( $67.45 USD )
Seat 6: kASSpar ( $47.75 USD )
Seat 3: big_tony_88 ( $21.50 USD )
Pokersaft posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
big_tony_88 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ Js Th ]
walta888 calls [$0.50 USD]
YagaS calls [$0.50 USD]
kASSpar folds
DrTMMG raises [$3 USD]
Pokersaft folds
big_tony_88 folds
walta888 calls [$2.50 USD]
YagaS calls [$2.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8s, Tc, Jc ]
walta888 bets [$0.50 USD]
YagaS raises [$3 USD]
DrTMMG raises [$11 USD]
walta888 folds
YagaS is all-In [$35.75 USD]
DrTMMG calls [$27.75 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6c ]
** Dealing River ** [ Qs ]
DrTMMG shows [ 8d, 8c ]three of a kind, Eights.
YagaS doesn't show [ Js, Th ]two pairs, Jacks and Tens.
DrTMMG wins $84.75 USD from the main pot with three of a kind, Eights.
My preflop call of the $3 is a bit dubious, but I have good implied odds and pot odds. When he reraises on the flop, I thought about letting go but this was the first good flop I'd had all session. The guy was also pretty aggressive, especially against me with my appalling image. He could've had AJ or an overpair, maybe AcKc. I'd do it over again, this is the loss that hurts the least.
The third buy in was just awful.
If I take one more hit, I'm going to drop down to .10/.25 LH and build up again. It sucks that I've hit a big rough patch at the start of this new attempt to play properly. Something I've thought about doing before but never gone with is not rebuying at a table. It never seems to go well, as I'm generally chasing my losses. If I find a fantastic table, then I'll do it, but other than that it seems a bad plan. Better seems to be to leave for half an hour and find a different table. It's not like they're in short supply.
Buy in : $40.00 + $40.00 + $40.00
No. of hands : 89
Left with : $0
Closing balance : $308.53
Running total: -$91.76/217
-183.5ptbb/217
Dreadful session. Utterly dreadful. Couldn't get action with good cards, could get action with bad cards. Lost top two vs. set on the flop, top two to a straight on the river, outkicked numerous times. Changed tables after the second buy in.
Then I starting doing well. Built up to $75ish, planning to stop when I hit $80. One buy in down is ok. After that, it all went wrong. Tried to bluff the maniac out in a blind vs. blind where I had KQ and it was obvious he wasn't going away. Lost about $40 in that one. Then tilt-4 bet with A8o (same hand I just lost to) and got mashed by AA. Very bad.
The first buy-in went half to a lack of luck, not getting any action except when I was behind. I bluffed off the second half as follows
Seat 5: YagaS ( $19.40 USD )
Seat 1: DrTMMG ( $50.75 USD )
kASSpar posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
DrTMMG posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ 4s Kh ]
3 folds
YagaS raises [$2 USD]
1 fold
DrTMMG raises [$6.50 USD]
YagaS is all-In [$17.40 USD]
DrTMMG calls [$12.40 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 5h, Td, 7h ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 2h ]
** Dealing River ** [ Jd ]
DrTMMG shows [ Ah, 8s ]high card Ace.
YagaS doesn't show [ 4s, Kh ]high card King.
DrTMMG wins $37.10 USD from the main pot with high card, Ace.
I don't like his calling me, obviously. Partly because I think he doesn't have a good enough hand, but I guess the thing there is, I should like people calling with bad hands like that and I should stop complaining just because he had my number.
Here goes the second buy-in about ten hands later:
Seat 4: walta888 ( $36.30 USD )
Seat 5: YagaS ( $41.75 USD )
Seat 2: Pokersaft ( $46.20 USD )
Seat 1: DrTMMG ( $67.45 USD )
Seat 6: kASSpar ( $47.75 USD )
Seat 3: big_tony_88 ( $21.50 USD )
Pokersaft posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
big_tony_88 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ Js Th ]
walta888 calls [$0.50 USD]
YagaS calls [$0.50 USD]
kASSpar folds
DrTMMG raises [$3 USD]
Pokersaft folds
big_tony_88 folds
walta888 calls [$2.50 USD]
YagaS calls [$2.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8s, Tc, Jc ]
walta888 bets [$0.50 USD]
YagaS raises [$3 USD]
DrTMMG raises [$11 USD]
walta888 folds
YagaS is all-In [$35.75 USD]
DrTMMG calls [$27.75 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6c ]
** Dealing River ** [ Qs ]
DrTMMG shows [ 8d, 8c ]three of a kind, Eights.
YagaS doesn't show [ Js, Th ]two pairs, Jacks and Tens.
DrTMMG wins $84.75 USD from the main pot with three of a kind, Eights.
My preflop call of the $3 is a bit dubious, but I have good implied odds and pot odds. When he reraises on the flop, I thought about letting go but this was the first good flop I'd had all session. The guy was also pretty aggressive, especially against me with my appalling image. He could've had AJ or an overpair, maybe AcKc. I'd do it over again, this is the loss that hurts the least.
The third buy in was just awful.
If I take one more hit, I'm going to drop down to .10/.25 LH and build up again. It sucks that I've hit a big rough patch at the start of this new attempt to play properly. Something I've thought about doing before but never gone with is not rebuying at a table. It never seems to go well, as I'm generally chasing my losses. If I find a fantastic table, then I'll do it, but other than that it seems a bad plan. Better seems to be to leave for half an hour and find a different table. It's not like they're in short supply.
£10+0 SNG 8/5/07
Separate bankroll for uni play:
Current win/loss : -£10
Number of entries: 1
Cashes : 0
Sixteen of us for the £10 freezeout last night. The structure gets pretty brutal, starting with 2500 chips, blinds at 50/50. After twenty minutes, they're 50/100, twenty minutes later 100/200. So if you don't make any profit quickly, you're short stacked and that's that.
Only found two hands in the time I was there. First was JJ in mid position, Kev (on my right) raised to 200 (4BBs), I came over the top to 500, he gave me a dirty look and folded. I'm not sure if that was the right play, but I didn't want to see a flop without knowing much about his hand. The other was my last hand. Blinds at 100/200, I have 2400 in the SB. Kev shoves for 1050, I come over the top with AK (trying to isolate) and Dan, the BB, calls me with QQ. Nothing hits and I go out.
I did pick up a couple of tells, although I never got to use them. Hopefully nobody from the Society will read this. Dan's voice cracks when he's bluffing, and the guy with the Ultimate Dealer Button looks at the board when he's value betting and his chips when he's bluffing. Or those could've been coincidences. But you didn't hear it from me.
Current win/loss : -£10
Number of entries: 1
Cashes : 0
Sixteen of us for the £10 freezeout last night. The structure gets pretty brutal, starting with 2500 chips, blinds at 50/50. After twenty minutes, they're 50/100, twenty minutes later 100/200. So if you don't make any profit quickly, you're short stacked and that's that.
Only found two hands in the time I was there. First was JJ in mid position, Kev (on my right) raised to 200 (4BBs), I came over the top to 500, he gave me a dirty look and folded. I'm not sure if that was the right play, but I didn't want to see a flop without knowing much about his hand. The other was my last hand. Blinds at 100/200, I have 2400 in the SB. Kev shoves for 1050, I come over the top with AK (trying to isolate) and Dan, the BB, calls me with QQ. Nothing hits and I go out.
I did pick up a couple of tells, although I never got to use them. Hopefully nobody from the Society will read this. Dan's voice cracks when he's bluffing, and the guy with the Ultimate Dealer Button looks at the board when he's value betting and his chips when he's bluffing. Or those could've been coincidences. But you didn't hear it from me.
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
.25/.50 NLH SH 8/5/07
Opening balance : $399.79
Buy in : $40.00
No. of hands : 128
Left with : $68.74
Closing balance : $428.53
Running total: +$28.74/128
+57.5ptbb/128
Decent session, but not my best. Sucked out for one big pot (see below), made a few river calls I should've folded, but managed a few good plays. Didn't get many great hands, but I wasn't card dead for any long periods. Overall, I could've played better, by being a bit tighter post-flop and maybe a little more loose-aggressive pre-flop.
Some specific hands:
Seat 5: YagaS ( $45.70 USD )
Seat 6: john247333 ( $48.25 USD )
YagaS posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
john247333 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ Kc 8d ]
3 folds
YagaS calls [$0.25 USD]
john247333 raises [$1.50 USD]
YagaS raises [$5.50 USD]
john247333 folds
YagaS wins $8 USD
This was my first limp in blind vs. blind. The other times I raised, with only a few folds. I was hoping he would raise as a steal attempt against my perceived weakness so I could come out over the top, and it worked perfectly. I almost chickened out but thought, if I'm going to try and induce bluffs I have to then push back.
This is my suckout
Seat 5: YagaS ( $30.95 USD )
Seat 1: Prytz_ ( $58.55 USD )
Mulston posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
YagaS posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
Dealt to YagaS [ 8d 7c ]
1 fold
Prytz_ raises [$2 USD]
3 folds
YagaS calls [$1.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8c, 3s, 6d ]
YagaS checks
Prytz_ bets [$3 USD]
YagaS raises [$10 USD]
Prytz_ raises [$24 USD]
YagaS is all-In [$18.95 USD]
Prytz_ calls [$1.95 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Qh ]
** Dealing River ** [ 7d ]
Prytz_ shows [ Ks, Kc ]a pair of Kings.
YagaS shows [ 8d, 7c ]two pairs, Eights and Sevens.
YagaS wins $59.15 USD from the main pot with two pairs, Eights and Sevens.
Little bit tilty... lost a big pot the hand before when I thought the villain was bluffing. This hand is just entirely bad, except the first raise on the flop. This is one of those hands I have trouble letting go of.
This was my best-played hand of the entire session.
Seat 5: YagaS ( $55.92 USD )
Seat 4: Mulston ( $45.08 USD )
YagaS posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
john247333 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
Dealt to YagaS [ Ac Kc ]
1 fold
Mulston calls [$0.50 USD]
YagaS raises [$1.25 USD]
1 fold
Mulston calls [$1 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2c, Jh, Ad ]
YagaS bets [$2.50 USD]
Mulston raises [$5 USD]
YagaS raises [$12.50 USD]
Mulston calls [$10 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3d ]
YagaS bets [$7 USD]
Mulston calls [$7 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 7h ]
YagaS bets [$7 USD]
Mulston calls [$7 USD]
YagaS shows [ Ac, Kc ]a pair of Aces.
Mulston doesn't show [ Ah, 6c ]a pair of Aces.
YagaS wins $59.50 USD from the main pot with a pair of Aces with King kicker.
Paying attention is awesome. This is our third clash in five hands, and on each of the others I've caught something like TPGK and given up on it when he showed great strength. I'm prepared to go broke with this, rather than get pushed around by this guy. Turn and river are damage limitation in case he has me beat - AJ, A3 etc. - and also serve to get more money in the pot. As it happens, I was correct and I took down a good size pot.
Buy in : $40.00
No. of hands : 128
Left with : $68.74
Closing balance : $428.53
Running total: +$28.74/128
+57.5ptbb/128
Decent session, but not my best. Sucked out for one big pot (see below), made a few river calls I should've folded, but managed a few good plays. Didn't get many great hands, but I wasn't card dead for any long periods. Overall, I could've played better, by being a bit tighter post-flop and maybe a little more loose-aggressive pre-flop.
Some specific hands:
Seat 5: YagaS ( $45.70 USD )
Seat 6: john247333 ( $48.25 USD )
YagaS posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
john247333 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ Kc 8d ]
3 folds
YagaS calls [$0.25 USD]
john247333 raises [$1.50 USD]
YagaS raises [$5.50 USD]
john247333 folds
YagaS wins $8 USD
This was my first limp in blind vs. blind. The other times I raised, with only a few folds. I was hoping he would raise as a steal attempt against my perceived weakness so I could come out over the top, and it worked perfectly. I almost chickened out but thought, if I'm going to try and induce bluffs I have to then push back.
This is my suckout
Seat 5: YagaS ( $30.95 USD )
Seat 1: Prytz_ ( $58.55 USD )
Mulston posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
YagaS posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
Dealt to YagaS [ 8d 7c ]
1 fold
Prytz_ raises [$2 USD]
3 folds
YagaS calls [$1.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8c, 3s, 6d ]
YagaS checks
Prytz_ bets [$3 USD]
YagaS raises [$10 USD]
Prytz_ raises [$24 USD]
YagaS is all-In [$18.95 USD]
Prytz_ calls [$1.95 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Qh ]
** Dealing River ** [ 7d ]
Prytz_ shows [ Ks, Kc ]a pair of Kings.
YagaS shows [ 8d, 7c ]two pairs, Eights and Sevens.
YagaS wins $59.15 USD from the main pot with two pairs, Eights and Sevens.
Little bit tilty... lost a big pot the hand before when I thought the villain was bluffing. This hand is just entirely bad, except the first raise on the flop. This is one of those hands I have trouble letting go of.
This was my best-played hand of the entire session.
Seat 5: YagaS ( $55.92 USD )
Seat 4: Mulston ( $45.08 USD )
YagaS posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
john247333 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
Dealt to YagaS [ Ac Kc ]
1 fold
Mulston calls [$0.50 USD]
YagaS raises [$1.25 USD]
1 fold
Mulston calls [$1 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2c, Jh, Ad ]
YagaS bets [$2.50 USD]
Mulston raises [$5 USD]
YagaS raises [$12.50 USD]
Mulston calls [$10 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3d ]
YagaS bets [$7 USD]
Mulston calls [$7 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 7h ]
YagaS bets [$7 USD]
Mulston calls [$7 USD]
YagaS shows [ Ac, Kc ]a pair of Aces.
Mulston doesn't show [ Ah, 6c ]a pair of Aces.
YagaS wins $59.50 USD from the main pot with a pair of Aces with King kicker.
Paying attention is awesome. This is our third clash in five hands, and on each of the others I've caught something like TPGK and given up on it when he showed great strength. I'm prepared to go broke with this, rather than get pushed around by this guy. Turn and river are damage limitation in case he has me beat - AJ, A3 etc. - and also serve to get more money in the pot. As it happens, I was correct and I took down a good size pot.
Monday, May 07, 2007
First Post
This is my poker-related blog. I plan to use it so that I can keep a closer record of my poker playing. I also have an account on www.checkyourbets.com (Simon87... add me!*) to track basic money growth. The blog will be used for a closer analysis of each session, specific hands and so on. I'm hoping it'll make me a better player.
I first learned to play about 4 years, although I've only been playing seriously since last December. In that time, I've improved a lot, due largely to the influence of the www.pokertips.org forums and a few books. I've also learned that I'm not as good as I thought I was, and that's a crucial lesson.
My main game is no-limit hold'em, although I have also played some omaha and 7-stud. I think it's best for now if I focus on one version and try to become as skilled as possible in that. Should I become a consistent winner at something like 1/2 NLH, I'd have the money to throw at learning a new game.
Most of my play is online at Party Poker. I play NLH up to .50/1, and MTTs from the $5+1 to $30+3 level. I'm considering moving my play to a different site in the future, one where I can get rakeback, but I won't do that for a while. I'm comfortable where I am, despite the flaws. I also play live once a week with a group of people from my university. The game takes the form of a 1-table tournament with a £10 ($~20) buy in, no rake.
Currently, my bankroll stands at $400 dollars for online play. As my live play is only once a week and only really for fun, I don't have a roll for that. I don't want to reload any more; I've already chucked a considerable sum of money at this hobby, and the time has come for me to stop. The exception might be if I get a reload bonus, when I'll cash out the deposit once the bonus has cleared. Barring that eventuality, a big tournament win, or an emergency, I also don't mean to cash out until I become a long-term winner at .50/1.
$400 dollars isn't really enough to play even .25/.50 NLH SH. I plan to buy-in for $40 until my roll exceeds $550, when I'll start buying in for $50. Once my roll goes over $800, I'll start playing one session per week of .50/1 NLH. When my roll goes over $1200 dollars, I'll move that up to 2 sessions a week. I'll move to .50/1 permanently when I have over $1500 and a proven winning record at .25/.50 (20K hands) and at .50/1 (at least 6K hands). At that point, I'll move over to one session of .25/.50, where I'm a proven winner, until I have 15K hands of winning at .50/1 and a roll of $2000.
With moving down, I'll buy in at $40 if I go under $500. I'll stop playing .50/1 if I go under $700, and play only one session if I go below $1100. Having moved to .50/1 permanently, I'll drop back a stage in my plan if I go below $1300.
Nowhere in this plan have I mentioned MTTs. I plan to play only two of these a week at the $5+1 or $10+1 level. Should I make a cash in those that exceeds $100+buy-in, I'll cash out the surplus so that my roll doesn't get over-inflated.
So that's my plan. I'm bad at sticking to plans and bankrolls, but I'm determined to stick to this one. My biggest flaw as a poker player is not being disciplined enough. This includes bankroll management (I've busted and reloaded frequently due to playing above my roll and skill level) and bluffing into the wrong targets, not laying down where I'm clearly beaten etc. Sticking to this will hopefully help me with that, and will make me better at what I hope can become a profitable hobby instead of a black-hole for surplus cash.
Wish me luck! And if you have any comments or anything, greatly appreciated.
*I used to have an account under the name Jokeslayer, but it's very out of date now. Besides which, I'm drawing a line in the sand. Done is done.
I first learned to play about 4 years, although I've only been playing seriously since last December. In that time, I've improved a lot, due largely to the influence of the www.pokertips.org forums and a few books. I've also learned that I'm not as good as I thought I was, and that's a crucial lesson.
My main game is no-limit hold'em, although I have also played some omaha and 7-stud. I think it's best for now if I focus on one version and try to become as skilled as possible in that. Should I become a consistent winner at something like 1/2 NLH, I'd have the money to throw at learning a new game.
Most of my play is online at Party Poker. I play NLH up to .50/1, and MTTs from the $5+1 to $30+3 level. I'm considering moving my play to a different site in the future, one where I can get rakeback, but I won't do that for a while. I'm comfortable where I am, despite the flaws. I also play live once a week with a group of people from my university. The game takes the form of a 1-table tournament with a £10 ($~20) buy in, no rake.
Currently, my bankroll stands at $400 dollars for online play. As my live play is only once a week and only really for fun, I don't have a roll for that. I don't want to reload any more; I've already chucked a considerable sum of money at this hobby, and the time has come for me to stop. The exception might be if I get a reload bonus, when I'll cash out the deposit once the bonus has cleared. Barring that eventuality, a big tournament win, or an emergency, I also don't mean to cash out until I become a long-term winner at .50/1.
$400 dollars isn't really enough to play even .25/.50 NLH SH. I plan to buy-in for $40 until my roll exceeds $550, when I'll start buying in for $50. Once my roll goes over $800, I'll start playing one session per week of .50/1 NLH. When my roll goes over $1200 dollars, I'll move that up to 2 sessions a week. I'll move to .50/1 permanently when I have over $1500 and a proven winning record at .25/.50 (20K hands) and at .50/1 (at least 6K hands). At that point, I'll move over to one session of .25/.50, where I'm a proven winner, until I have 15K hands of winning at .50/1 and a roll of $2000.
With moving down, I'll buy in at $40 if I go under $500. I'll stop playing .50/1 if I go under $700, and play only one session if I go below $1100. Having moved to .50/1 permanently, I'll drop back a stage in my plan if I go below $1300.
Nowhere in this plan have I mentioned MTTs. I plan to play only two of these a week at the $5+1 or $10+1 level. Should I make a cash in those that exceeds $100+buy-in, I'll cash out the surplus so that my roll doesn't get over-inflated.
So that's my plan. I'm bad at sticking to plans and bankrolls, but I'm determined to stick to this one. My biggest flaw as a poker player is not being disciplined enough. This includes bankroll management (I've busted and reloaded frequently due to playing above my roll and skill level) and bluffing into the wrong targets, not laying down where I'm clearly beaten etc. Sticking to this will hopefully help me with that, and will make me better at what I hope can become a profitable hobby instead of a black-hole for surplus cash.
Wish me luck! And if you have any comments or anything, greatly appreciated.
*I used to have an account under the name Jokeslayer, but it's very out of date now. Besides which, I'm drawing a line in the sand. Done is done.
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